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From: jerryp@tektools.UUCP (Jerry Peek)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: wineache
Message-ID: <123@tektools.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:35:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:35:31 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 07:43:10 EST
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Reply-To: jerryp@tektools.UUCP (Jerry Peek)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Summary: 

In article <1043@tekgvs.UUCP> jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs) writes:
> 
> I would  like  to  discuss  an
> attribute of wine not often discussed in the wine media: headache generation.
> ... there are specific wines that generate headaches for me. Generally
> they are very low-cost reds and cheap or Charmat-process sparkling wines.

I've noticed the same thing.  I can drink a glass or two of cheap wines
(red *or* white) and get quite a headache, but drinking better wines doesn't
bother me.

I've heard -- several places, including tours of wineries -- that chemicals
and preservatives are what makes the headaches.  One winery employee (Amity
Vineyards, Oregon) had a couple of interesting points:

	- People who buy cheap jug wines at the supermarket won't drink
	  the whole bottle in a night.  They expect to open the bottle
	  again next week or next month, and not have vinegar.  Big
	  wineries know this, and add preservatives to their jug wines.
	  If they didn't, uninformed consumers (used to Wonder Bread that
	  stays "fresh" for a week, etc.) would assume it was a bad brand
	  of wine and buy someone else's.

	- He talked about a jug wine -- full of preservatives --
	  that they (or someone) froze, then boiled, then compared
	  to the stuff straight from the bottle in a blind tasting.
	  The tasters couldn't tell the difference!

If preservatives really *are* used in wine, I'd like to see that mentioned on
the label.  It shouldn't hurt business on the cheap wines -- bread
manufacturers list all that garbage on their labels, and people who don't
care still buy the bread.  It might make winemakers think twice before adding
preservatives, too.

--Jerry Peek, Tektronix, Inc.
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