(NYPost) - We’ve all happily heard about the health benefits of red wine. A recent study by the Annals of Internal Medicine found that a nightly glass can increase levels of good HDL cholesterol and help lower blood pressure, decrease blood-sugar levels and fight belly fat. But with warmer weather finally arriving, who wants to sip a hearty glass of Chianti or cabernet?

Thankfully, the good news isn’t limited to red wines. The main health-boosting ingredient in vino is resveratrol, an antioxidant found in much higher concentrations in red wine grapes than white. Handily, rosés are made with red wine grapes, giving them health benefits that their colorless counterparts lack.

“In moderation, rosé can be a great drink for your health,” Dr. Johanna Contreras, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side, tells The Post. “I recommend a glass a day for women and two glasses a day for men … It’s better than white wine because it has more antioxidants like resveratrol.”

But not all rosés are created equally.

“Definitely look for rosé wines with a darker shade,” says Maggie Moon, a Los Angeles-based dietitian and author of the forthcoming “The MIND Diet” (due in November from Ulysses Press). “They have more antioxidants.”

That’s because the antioxidants in wine come from the grapes’ skins. The darker a wine’s color, the longer amount of time the grape juice (and future wine) stays in contact with the skins in the booze-making process. White wines have no skin contact time, rosés typically have two to 20 hours, and red wines have a month or two.