so yahoo has an article up about technology being developed to save drinkers from "red wine headache". i'm adding this to my growing mental file of "ridiculous things people believe about the things they consume". unfortunately, of course, i don't have any evidence to prove that the red wine headache is bullshit. in fact, i'm sure that there are poorly made wines out there that contain various unpleasant or hard to metabolize compounds; i'm equally sure that consuming too much of any wine, lousy or grand cru, will give you not only a raging headache but also all the other signs of excessive alcohol consumption. but i don't think that people have suddenly developed this "sensitivity" to omnipresent compounds, nor do i believe that it's something that we as a culture should be wasting our time on.
let's not be stupid here, people - we don't need "amine content" listed on our wine bottles, we just need a little common sense and moderation.
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I agree with you that moderation is the key to many things in life, including wine. However, certain of us /are/ more sensitive to the tannins and amines in red wine, making moderation in enjoyment even more important (I do get a noticeable red wine headache from one glass). That said, I'm not interested in a technology to test my food before I eat it. Funny that they mention the highest levels of amines are in things like wine, sake, pickled foods, olives, cheese, and others of my favorite foods in this world.
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