On Monday 08 Oct 2001 7:29 am, Betty B wrote:
> If I am going to get sick or have a headache from alcohol, it seems
> to happen right away, rather than the next morning.  Wine is the
> kind of drink that causes this though.  It only takes one glass,
> but there are also some wines I can drink without that happening.
>
> I am a little curious to know what is in some kinds of wine that
> produces this effect.  I seem to be able to drink white wines and
> red wines without ill effect ... sometimes, I don't know if it's
> something in the wine, or something that is part of my makeup.
>
> Comments?  Does anyone have a bead on this?
>

Wine, is one of the few "food" or drinks, which has not been fully
homogenised into one "formula", each batch from a particular vineyard
will taste different (and so must contain different quantities of
various ingredients). Of course, "Big Business" would love to sell a
consistent product (particularly if it was "cheap" to produce). There
was a big scandal in Europe about 10 years ago when Austrian wine
producers were caught adding "anti-freeze" (glycol) to "sweeten" the
product.

Most of the top executives in the major breweries have a chemistry
background (rather than a trained palate) - makes you wonder.

Cheers

Deri