Headache after drinking red wine?
Many of us enjoy a good wine with taste and pleasure. I myself am a fan of 'full bodied' red wines, for example Argentinean Malbec, Australian Shiraz, Bordeaux, Rioja and especially not to forget Nero d'Avolo and Primitivo from southern Italy and Sicily.
My Thai wife has eventually come to really appreciate my taste and I can now send her a message for wine with confidence. In principle, my wife and I drink no more than a bottle together, so 2,5 glasses each. But sometimes my wife didn't feel 100% afterwards and/or she got a slight headache. I found that strange every time because I didn't suffer from anything and not even if I sometimes drink more.
Because I received an email about Sulfree from my eldest daughter, I only now understand that my wife is suffering from the sulphite. By adding a drop of Sulfree to the glass of wine, this is converted into sulfate, which will remove her complaints from the scene. My youngest daughter is bringing me a few bottles of Sulfree in August.
For information go to: www.sulfree.nl/hoe-werkt-het
As far as I know, Sulfree is not yet available in Thailand. Perhaps something for a Dutch importer in Thailand of goods for the hospitality industry?
Jan Hendriks
Source: Article reproduced with permission from the recent Newsletter of the Dutch Association Thailand – Pattaya
We are lovers of organic Argentinian Malbec. Don't drink every day. Alw we drink that is easily a bottle pp. Zero headache. Organic wines contain a little sulfite, but negligible. A tip for those who cannot buy sulfree. But whether this wine is easy to order in Thailand is the question.
Thanks for the tip about sulfree handy for out of the house.
Dear Jan,
Tannin, sugar and histamine, are the causes of headaches when drinking wine, these three are in the skin of the grape.
Drink the wine slowly and not too much, that can sometimes help, not every person can take wine well and fall wrong.
Regards, Leon1
You certainly don't drink Mont Claire because then a headache is assured. And unfortunately almost all bars and restaurants serve this bend at exorbitant prices as house wine. Headache assured. I remember when adding sulphite was banned in France but here in Thailand I read the labels and all with sulphite. It is a pity that you do not live in the Jomtien area, because then you could have bought from the importer through my wine club. The volume depresses the purchase price.
Success with sulfree
Dear Bob-I've never had a headache from Mont Claire-It's a good Thai house wine and I like it for the price I pay in Thailand in restaurant and other places.I can assure you that the house wines sold here in the restaurants and other places taste worse than Mont Claire.
Don't forget that here in Belgium in a catering company people ask 4/5 euros for a glass. In Europe, every wine contains sulphite and that can also be read on the label.
1 glass of Mont Clair red wine is doable, but 5 or 6 glasses of Mont Clair is an attack on your health. Mont Clair is very cheap compared to other real wines in Thailand. It really shouldn't be called wine at all. It is imported as pulp and then bottled in Thailand, which is why the price is so low. In addition, it is full of chemicals. It is absolutely ridiculous that the Thai government has such insane import duties on wine that you are almost forced to drink bad wine or Mont Clair. Even in Japan, which is an expensive country compared to Thailand, the same bottle of wine costs only a third of Thailand.
I FINDED THAT I FEELED UNCOMFORTABLE BY THE MIX OF WINE WITH FRUITWINE>
In 2006 I became involved in the business Cafe Le Mar on Jomtien Beach. I was responsible for drawing up the first menu for Western dishes. I also worked out a wine list. One of the wine suppliers then introduced Mont Claire. According to the seller, Australian wine was imported to Thailand by container and some fruit wine was added here, making it a Thai product and subject to a lower rate of import duties. As you know, the competition was not standing still. Many other suppliers soon offered packs of 3 and 5 liters and even with more content. However, Mont Claire has the largest market share.
We now know that the so-called fruit wines are artificially improved in taste and that the alcohol percentage is also “adjusted”. Artificial wines are served at parties. I drank that too but every time I didn't feel comfortable the next day. I'm not a beer drinker and going all night for water is hard. My wife then informed her friends about this some time ago and people are no longer surprised when I bring a bottle of wine of my own.
In 2 wine shops I heard:
– that some sulphite naturally occurs in wine,
– that sulphite is added to most wines to extend shelf life; then you get
the well-known “chateau migraine”, “appellation aspirine controlee”.
Organic wine might then cause less headaches.
Adding sulphite is correct and indeed serves to extend shelf life, especially in this climate.
Hallo,
I also hardly drink wine in recent years because of the amount of sulphites afterwards constant headache.
Headache from the sulfites, certainly not from the alcohol.
Dries