Tannin count in red wine

[Thomas]

That is where I was heading. Notice the mention of "other" compounds in grape skins. This here grape skin thing is quite complicated...

What amazes me is the strength of myth. Just this week two people came into my store and told me that tannins in red wine give them headaches. This is after years of hearing that sulfites give headaches--perhaps the tannin myth is being floated right now over the suflite myth. When I asked the people how they knew that "fact" about tannin and their headache they had no answer other than they heard it somewhere. I don't undertsand why people so readily accept heresay as answers to what obviously is a painful condition that requires medical attention. But worse for us in the wine business, how people can simply cast aside red wine or any wine on the basis of heresay.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 11-05-2003).]