Why does red wine cause headaches? Our research points to a compound found in the grapes’ skin
- Written by Andrew Waterhouse, Professor of Enology, University of California, Davis
Some people get headaches after drinking red wine. Yuliia Kokosha/Moment via Getty ImagesMedical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking – something like 10,000 years. As chemistsspecializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.
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