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Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Jeff B
Champagne Lover
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:01 pm
Michigan (perhaps more cleverly known as "The Big Mitten")
Jenise wrote:I have a friend, Vanessa, who recently decided that red wines give her headaches, so she has switched to white exclusively. In the past, I've known some who made the same complaint about whites.
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Vanessa's claim may have some validity--at least, it's a fairly common complaint and the problem seems to have something to do with the tannins in red wines. She's generally drinking newly released wines in the $10 range, and her husband prefers cabernet. Their budget doesn't allow for much more at present, so I can't talk her into buying better wines or aged wines, but I am wondering if there's some basis for urging her to to try some better/aged wines when she's at my house. Before she decided that red wine, all red wine, was the culprit, she really enjoyed the occasional glass of pinot noir I'd pour her.
Jenise wrote:I have a friend, Vanessa, who recently decided that red wines give her headaches, so she has switched to white exclusively....
Mark S wrote:Jenise wrote:I have a friend, Vanessa, who recently decided that red wines give her headaches, so she has switched to white exclusively....
Give her a poulsard, that'll fix her! (the red wine that acts like a rose).
Seriously though, I've been around long enough that once people know I'm into wines, I hear all sorts of 'information' like this: 'red wines give me headaches' (but give them a sweet red-hybrid and they grin from ear-to-ear), or 'white wines make me break into hives'. For some (Asian folks I've known, mostly), the reaction to any wine/alcohol will make them turn bright red and they get whoozed out quickly, others say something but mean something else, similar to people saying 'I only drink DRY wines' but then they love the raisined style of 'physiologically ripe' wines. Just doesn't make sense, but then you're dealing with people, and they usually don't.
Bill Spohn
He put the 'bar' in 'barrister'
9567
Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:31 pm
Vancouver BC
Thomas wrote:One of the comments I hear a lot is that European wines don't give headaches because they do not add sulfites over there.
I can't count how many times I've had to explain...
Bill Spohn
He put the 'bar' in 'barrister'
9567
Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:31 pm
Vancouver BC
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42730
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Bill Spohn wrote:The white wine = more RS bit is because in many cases it it quite true. People talk dry but like to drink sweet, and many producers send out wines that are fairly high - higher than they need to be for taste - in residual sugar, which can be hard to detect if there is enough acidity to balance it. While reds tend to have lower RS, it ain't something you can take for granted.
As for your friends...Let them do what they want and enjoy what they think they like.
Anders Källberg
Wine guru
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Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:48 am
Stockholm, Sweden
Jenise wrote:And I have a brother-in-law who thinks he's allergic to all red wines except St. Emilion, which he believes to be a grape.
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