Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!dartvax!betsy From: betsy@dartvax.UUCP (Betsy Hanes Perry) Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Re: wineache Message-ID: <2757@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:07:29 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2757 Posted: Tue Feb 12 12:07:29 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 18:53:05 EST References: <1043@tekgvs.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 32 > > The wine net has been entirely too dormant. I would like to discuss an > attribute of wine not often discussed in the wine media: headache generation. > > I have a disposition toward headaches normally, and so I think I have a > low threshold for headaches caused by wines. The pattern of headache generation > is clear and I think understandable from the winemaking point of view. (discussion of fusel oils and wild yeasts deleted) > > Jere M. Marrs > Tektronix, Inc. > Beaverton, Oregon > tektronix!tekgvs!jerem I wish the solution were as simple as "don't buy cheap reds". I'm prone to migraines; after some elaborate dental work, I'm down to one or two a year. However, I have one sure way to bring one on: drink Beaujolais with a lamb dinner. Lamb alone is fine, as is Beaujolais alone, but the combination sends me stumbling blindly out of restaurants every time. I hear the combination is serendipitously synergistic; I'll never know. Cheap reds per se don't bother me; our house plonk is Carlo Rossi Burgundy, which I drink with no ill effects. Egri Bikaver doesn't bother me, either. (Egri Bikaver is a wonderful wine for meals that fight back like cassoulet, goulash, and serious stews. Not subtle, but able to hold its own.) It could be worse; I could be allergic to Gewurztraminer! -- Elizabeth Hanes Perry UUCP: {decvax|linus|cornell}!dartvax!betsy CSNET: betsy@dartmouth ARPA: betsy%dartmouth@csnet-relay