< I polished off the entire bottle and wanted more.  I stopped myself from
opening that other bottle, but instead talked my wife into running to the
store to get us each a pint of Haagen Daaz ice cream, all of which I
devoured.  I am now wide awake at 4:30am, unable to sleep since 3:00.
(Which is common if I have more than two glasses of wine in the evening).>

yes, but there is one, or actually two, more complicating issues. 1. is the
additives in commercial wines, ciders and beers. you may well be sensitive
to some of them as this is incredibly common.  2. is the cogeners: peptides
and other chemical 'detritus' that arises during production. This is why one
red wine may go down great and another causes the worse-than-death hangover.
They are present in milligram amounts but that's all it needs if u are
reactive to them.

All in all, you will get much more mileage for less damage with homebrew.
cider is the least troublesome, compared with wine and beer.  It's easy to
make and very cheap. I never have had a hangover or stupidity attack
consuming home-brew cider, no matter how much i drink.

andrew