The last time we checked in with Academy Award–winning actress Halle Berry, back in 2007, she was among the stars who’d been spotted in retro Boone’s Farm T-shirts, and her wine dedication hasn’t waned. More recently, Berry told Harper's Bazaar that red wine was an important part of her healthy lifestyle, and most recently, she shed the Boone’s Farm shirt to enjoy a glass of wine on her balcony, au naturel.
Berry’s nude wine appreciation photo, captioned “i do what i wanna do. happy Saturday,” has gained more than 1 million combined likes on Instagram and Twitter since said Saturday. The titillating portrait has attracted “wine lovers” from far and wide, but for Berry, wine isn’t just what she wanna do; it’s also part of her health and wellness routine.
i do what i wanna do. 💋 pic.twitter.com/hDIkyfiy53
— Halle Berry (@halleberry) April 8, 2023
“Probably my guilty pleasure is wine—always red. I think red wine for me is the healthiest that you can drink since its usually low in sugar,” Berry said in a Feb. 14 interview with Bazaar. “And if you're drinking wine for heart health, which I do, having a glass of red wine a day can be good. Heart disease actually runs in my family, so my cardiologist is always reminding me about that. … A glass of wine in my Jacuzzi in my backyard is like—nothing's better than that.”
Berry’s not the only one drinking to their health. Wine Spectator’s April 30 issue cover story features interviews with highly successful people highly successfully including wine in their wellness routines, including chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Eric Ripert and Marc Vetri and an all-star cast of wine professionals. No word yet on whether any of them also enjoy their wine au naturel …