SC - Wine allergies
Chuck Graves
Chuck_Graves at mmacmail.jccbi.gov
Tue Apr 15 08:54:34 PDT 1997
>A memory's triggered. Does not red wine, in particular, contain histamines
>(are these the sulfides/sulfates/whatever)? Which would trigger a hay-fever
>response.
You do bring up a good point. I believe one of the other posters mentioned
that grapes have trace amounts of sulfites. The manufacture of red wines
involves leaving the must in contact with the grape skins for a period of
time. This would allow for a larger amount of trace chemicals to come into
the wine...if the grapes are themselves the source. However, my friends have
complained equally of reds and whites.
>This could be helped and prevented, if such people insist on drinking wines,
>by having some anti-histamines,
Whoa...bad idea. Antihistamines and alcohol should NOT be mixed. See the
box for the warning.
>or garlic and horseradish tablets (well, works for me) beforehand.
Now, that's a new one. I haven't heard of that before.
>Mead, liqueurss (are they within the scope of this list or should I go
>elsewhere for that?)
I certainly hope not.
Tadhg
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