Some red wines make my whole body hot

[runabout]

I get little blisters inside the tip of my nose, my nose itches and sometimes the skin will split open.

It doesn't happen with all red wines (I mostly drink Merlots)but with some. I don't drink white wine and I have no problems with beer. I don't drink other alcohol.

It sounds to me like histamines may be the cause for the blisters and itching and the nasal congestion the next morning, but I don't understand the whole hot body thing.

Once at a nice restaurant I was soo hot I kept going to the bathroom to cool my face - I just wanted to rip my clothes off and jump in the bay- I couldn't even focus enough to eat my lovely meal.

Anybody else have this experience with the hot body? Know if that is a known reaction to histamines?

Any way to know what the content of histamines is in a particular wine?

I had one of those skin allergy tests where they test you for 33 things and I came back with a clean slate...

Thanks much!

Clara