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Wine Induced Headache

Andrew Polmear writes for the love of wine…

I like to go wine tasting with my friend Dave. We must look a funny pair because we are usually the only ones conscientiously spitting out everything we taste. I do it because I don’t want to get cancer of the mouth or gullet (see The Whistler December 2012); Dave because wine gives him a severe headache about an hour after starting to drink. He doesn’t get migraine so it’s not that. And it’s too early to be a hangover. Fearful of losing him as a tasting partner, I’ve been looking into the cause of wine-induced headache and what can be done about it.
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