For the Wine and Spirits enthusiast, there are a variety of Wine tasting Classes that are taught both locally and on the internet. We found these classes to be at all levels and all varieties. There are several classes for people new to wine.
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If you are experiencing headaches from red wine, you will be interested to know that it may be the histamine in the wine instead of an allergy to red wine. Red wine has a higher concentration of histamines than white wine does. Red wine contains 20- to 200-fold more histamine than white wine. Histamine-induced headache is a vascular headache, and nitric oxide probably plays a role in its causation. If you know this is an issue for you, then you can reduce the headache impact on you by taking an anti-histamine before you drink the red wine.
Filed under Cooking, Getting Started With Wine, Wine & Food Pairings, Wine Gifts, Wine Storage by on Jul 18th, 2008. 2 Comments.
After mentioning the fact that I have a slight allergy to the sulfites in red wine and that it has affected our wine choices and our participation as wine enthusiasts to a certain degree. This post is an attempt to help people understand what sulfites are and how they may be able to either substitute or seek out alternatives to their wine drinking so that they are not discouraged. I simply decided that a slight allergy would not hold me back from learning about something that was both intriguing and interesting.
Filed under Getting Started With Wine, Wine History, Wine Storage by on Aug 28th, 2007. Comment.
