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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
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 12:07:29 1985
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> 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
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