Can enologists measure histamine levels in wine?
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:18 am
Most of us know that "wine headaches" are not caused by sulfites in wine - despite what some of the dishonest hysteria surrounding suflites has tried to convey - but by histamines. I've had histamine headaches before - they've occured due to a variety of wines, always red, and always unpredictably. Happily, though, it's a rare occurrence.
This leads me to wonder whether enologists at wineries or anywhere else actually measure for histamine levels in wine? I would think that all reds have some of the stuff, but that the levels might be starkly elevated in those wines that are apt to cause some major sinus pressure.
Anyone know for sure?
This leads me to wonder whether enologists at wineries or anywhere else actually measure for histamine levels in wine? I would think that all reds have some of the stuff, but that the levels might be starkly elevated in those wines that are apt to cause some major sinus pressure.
Anyone know for sure?