Wine or sulphite intolerance?

[Nero]

I went to a wine tasting last night and had a nice time. I had about 4 glasses of win over about 3 hours. I had less than about 4/5 of a bottle, all told. This morning I've not got a headache but have palpitations and breathlessness. Is this an allergy, do you think? Or is it low blood sugar. I feel nauseous but not like I want to be sick. Strange.

[Lizziedjango]

Interesting one this, Nero. I tend to find that I get more of a 'reaction' to wines from Europe, but wines from South America and Australasia, which also contain sulphites, I am fine with. A couple of people at work have said the same thing. I especially 'react' to FRENCH wines, and often sneeze too. Having said that, almost a whole bottle of vino to one's self, is quite a lot! Do you have a hangover, perchance? :)

[SeanMacGabhann]

what strength was the wine Nero - anything 14% and beyond I start to suffer exponentially

[Mark]

I remember being told at a wine tasting at Green & Blue that, except for a couple of exceptions, all wines contain sulphites as it's a by-product of the fermentation process. Like saying that Ribena contains purple. Sort of.

[Moos]

Sorry to hear you're feeling rough, Nero.

If you do diagnose an intolerance, try buying wine from Vinothentic who sell mostly wine without sulphates. We get a lot of our wine from them, and that is one benefit: good price, personal service and supporting a small business who in turn buy from small vineyards are others.

Edited post reading Mark's post - not sure what the differences are between sulphates, sulphites and sulfites and I've also read something similar.. but perhaps someone may be able to tell us.

[Nero]

Yes. One of them was 15%. Hangovers to me mean a headache, aversion to light, lethargy. This is the opposite. I feel like I've mainlined Sunny D. It's better now, but I still have the racing heart. True, Lizzie, a bottle is a lot, but it was over a whole evening and I drank about 1 1/2 pints of water while I was there and was savouring the wine rather than drinking it. One of the wines was S Africa, one NZ, one Oz, one Italian and one French. Each glass was about 75cl. In the past, if I had red wines I would wake up with a hot flush and a pounding heart. I am thinking it might be the sulphites?

[Jimbob]

Lizziedjango Wrote:

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> Interesting one this, Nero. I tend to find that I

> get more of a 'reaction' to wines from Europe, but

> wines from South America and Australasia, which

> also contain sulphites, I am fine with. A couple

> of people at work have said the same thing. I

> especially 'react' to FRENCH wines, and often

> sneeze too. Having said that, almost a whole

> bottle of vino to one's self, is quite a lot! Do

> you have a hangover, perchance? :)

I,m the opposite New World wines do me in whereas I,m perfectly fine with French reds, espicially Languedoc-Roussillon, speaking of which, bollocks its only 09:40.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Sounds like you're going through the menopause, Nero :-S

[LuvPeckham]

another culprit may well be Tannins in the wines, I have a couple of friends who suffer from Tannin reactions (one has a three day headache as a result of just one glass with heavy tannin contents)

Check the tannin contents for the wines you tried and see if that is part of the cause.

Solution is simple, only drink white... although saying that the Rye used to have a white on the board that got me absolutly s*itfaced after a bottle and a bit (Vue Minet I think it was called) fine up until the 'Bit' but first sip from that glass and whoa time to go home and lay down on the nearest cold surface (toilet floor) - Thank the stars they took it off the menu as it had a reputation for doing that to a lot of people ...

[Asset]

cripes, I drank about three bottles last night and feel fine. Ibuprofen recommended.

[Jah Lush]

Try eating a little something with it next time. Cheese or bread is always good.

[MadWorld74]

Asset Wrote:

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> cripes, I drank about three bottles last night and

> feel fine. Ibuprofen recommended.

3 bottles Asset is not good for you or your liver.....:'(

[????]

Stick to beer, wine's f*cking sh1te...thank me later

[Asset]

I know MW, seemed like a good idea at the time though - actually I exaggerate slightly as I was sharing them with someone, still far too much.

[MadWorld74]

wine always seems like a good idea, until you find our brain seeping out through your ears and onto the pillow the next morning......aarrrgggghh, and it's all wines that do it! Maybe I'm just a lightweight (no that's not it), but you get my drift.

[Brendan]

My advice is to drink a large variety of different wines, beers, spirits and liqueurs, regularly and in vast quantities. This way you will build up a natural tolerance and fortify yourself against any negative effects.

Boxers don?t win titles by avoiding fights now do they?

This moderation nonsense makes about as much sense as homeopathy.

[Azul]

Nero Wrote:

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> I went to a wine tasting last night and had a nice

> time. I had about 4 glasses of win over about 3

> hours. I had less than about 4/5 of a bottle, all

> told. This morning I've not got a headache but

> have palpitations and breathlessness. Is this an

> allergy, do you think? Or is it low blood sugar. I

> feel nauseous but not like I want to be sick.

> Strange.

based on my large experience I would classify it as a light hungover

[Keef]

What ???? said, and then what Brendan said, and add some drugs too why don't ya!

[Marmora Man]

I have a similar problem - 8 pints of Guinness and I tend to become talkative, emotional and fall over. Next day I feel lousy. Is it something in the waters of the Liffey that is doing this do you think?

[Brendan]

So after 8 pints of Guinness you turn into and Irishman with an ear infection. I can see why you suspect its waters of the Liffey.