It's a nice story, but it's about as likely as brie causing fewer realized CHD deaths. There's no way you could deconvolute either from their diet; the red wine meme is probably just upper middle class people telling each other their vices are healthy.
The "French paradox" isn't the only one indicating the statistics are horse shit on saturated fat: consider the Israeli paradox.
The "French paradox" isn't the only one indicating the statistics are horse shit on saturated fat: consider the Israeli paradox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_paradox