Comments on: “Warning: Contains Sulfites” http://www.thirstyreader.com Food and Wine from Napa, Sonoma and the Bay Area • Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Prowinewoman http://www.thirstyreader.com/warning-contains-sulfites/comment-page-1/#comment-13242 Prowinewoman Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:06:21 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?page_id=1443#comment-13242 I wish more people would read this and learn that their chances of being affected by sulfites in wine is really slim-to-none. I tell them it's like an eye dropper in a swimming pool! When I've heard many people state that they don't get these infamous "headaches" when they visit Europe, I point out that one factor may be the extreme difference in alcohol levels of new-world vs. old-world wines. If one were to consume 3 glasses of Bordeaux with 12% alcohol, and compare that to drinking 3 glasses of Napa Cab with 15%+ alcohol, there will obviously be a different bodily reaction with the higher alcohol, i.e. headaches. You posted some other good possible reasons, too. Sulfites are not the bad guy! I wish more people would read this and learn that their chances of being affected by sulfites in wine is really slim-to-none. I tell them it’s like an eye dropper in a swimming pool!

When I’ve heard many people state that they don’t get these infamous “headaches” when they visit Europe, I point out that one factor may be the extreme difference in alcohol levels of new-world vs. old-world wines. If one were to consume 3 glasses of Bordeaux with 12% alcohol, and compare that to drinking 3 glasses of Napa Cab with 15%+ alcohol, there will obviously be a different bodily reaction with the higher alcohol, i.e. headaches. You posted some other good possible reasons, too. Sulfites are not the bad guy!

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