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Old Apr 30, 2018 | 9:34 pm
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Originally Posted by iceblueshoes
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I would just add to keep an open mind. You miss out on a lot if all you do is pick Pinot Grigio or try to be a Bay Street (Wall Street for you Americans) banker that only drinks high end Napa Cab because a publication tell you it's 90000 billion points. Of course, I'd rather drink Napa Cab out of those 2.

There is so much misinformation out there it makes you shake your head.

Here's an easy example: tannins. "I'm allergic to tannin."
I hear this often when people are giving wine samples, to which my response is "can you eat grapes?" If yes "do you eat the skin?". If yes, then you're not allergic tannin.
Tannin is a sensation, not a chemical compound.

Another one is "allergic to sulphites" or "I get bad headaches when I drink red wine so it means I'm allergic to sulphites"
Easy solution. Drink better wines with no added sugars (often sweetened on lower end wines to cover up faults), or "try switching to organic wines".
Drink more water so you don't get too dehydrated.
Or lastly,"can you eat raising, prunes, etc. and feel fine." If yes, then you're not allergic to sulphites as dried out fruits have more sulphites which naturally occur in the trying process than a wine.
If no, get an allergy test. A small portion of the population can't drink, but like "gluten free" stop trying to be trendy.
I think you need to get real about what really might be giving people the headaches, or otherwise poisoning them. Of course, the industry doesn't like to talk about it. I started a "what's in your wine" thread a while back. And here's what is permitted in the USA.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-20...-sec24-246.xml
And sure, it's all filtered out. Right.
I don't put it past even some fairly spendy places to manipulate their wines more than yeast and fining.

I can drink a glass of red and my nose starts getting stuffy before I'm done. Or I can drink a couple of bottles over the course of an evening and feel fine ... really really fine - and no congestion. Just ask MJM
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