I am beginning to wonder if I may have a wine allergy. I love to drink red wine, but lately, when I have a glass ( and I mean one glass) a couple of hours later my skin becomes red, hot, and itchy. Could I be allergic to the red wine I'm drinking?

i have always drank wine my whole life, i am in my fifties. tonight we bought a bottle of wine and when i drank it it was very bitter and gave me a metallic taste. i brush my teeth and cant get rid of it. went out and bought a different wine and still got that bitter metallic taste. i let it breathe for 45 minutes. both cabernets both at different stores and still cant drink that without bitter and metallic taste

Hi, for many years now even a small drink of wine (4-5 oz., or less) causes my throat to tighten up and feel very uncomfortable between 5 & fifteen minutes after the drink. The feeling lasts for 5-10 minutes. In the last year or so, the sensation seems to have moved down focusing mainly on my stomach & lower esophagus. It also is more severe, and I feel quite sick during those few minutes.
Grape juice doesn't cause me any problems, neither does whiskey. I also think that this is only caused by red wine.

I just started drinking wine and learning about it. But every time I have a glass of wine at dinner about an hour after drinking it I get sick and throw up.

Is this happening because I'm not use to drinking wine or could I have an allergy to it?

I have drank wine for years and always been fine but the past 6 times i have drank it i have ended up being violentley sick even if i have just had one glass of wine. I was wondering why this happens, very sad about it as i have always loved having a glass of wine.
Thanks
Karen

Hi. Im a HUGE fan of red wine - i love it. i dont really drink anything else ever and never really drank it for the sake of alchohol - it was the taste. before discovering wine i never really drank. in the past couple of months however - after a glass of wine (started with red but it happening now with white) i get an unbearable sneezing fit and runny eyes and nose. happens about 10mins after the drink and last up to 2 or 3 hours -where i sneeze, have trouble breathing through my nose and have sore runny eyes.
what could be causing this in the wine?is it possible to have an allergy to it after all this time? could it go away. I am so miserable about it - i feel like im going to become really antisocial cos of it as im already allergic to beer (my stomach reacts to it). I wont be able to have wine with meals etc and im going on my hen weekend soon and will feel out of the party if im drinking soft drinks. but the alternative is a weekend of sneezing : (

On 2 different occasions I've gotten sever pain in my lower back, and both times it happened after I had 1-2 glasses of red wine (on an empty stomach). The 1st time it was so sever that after about 3 hours of increasing pain, I finally went to the emergency. All they could come up with was that it was an allergic reaction to something I ate or drank. The 2nd time I realized what was coming and immediately took 2 ibuprofen and that helped reduce the duration of the pain. Both times though, I first broke out in a sweat and the pain was so bad I was doubled over on the floor.

Was this caused by an allergic reaction to the wine? (I've had this same wine on other occasions with no problem. Also, I'm a 47 yr old male, I'm not a big drinker, and I don't smoke.)

A nutrition specialist (a doctor) advised me this afternoon that my bloating and increasing midriff bulge are due to the yeast in red wine (as well as an allergy to wheat, mushrooms, soya etc.).

He advised that in terms of alcohol I would be better to stick with gin, vodka or white wine. He says that the yeast is removed from white wine because the grapes are skinned to keep the liquid clear and yeast in fruit resides in the skin (so it's better to peel all fruit before eating if you are allergic to yeast/wheat). It would be better not to drink wine at all because of fermentation but if I insist (I am a red wine fan, and this has been my drink of choice for at years), I should choose white.

Anyone else aware of this?

Thanks.
Mary

I have had occurences of an allergy which makes my eye swell up (left eye more than the right) over the past couple of months.

At worst it swells so much that it barely opens, at best just gets a bit red & itchy. A friend was recently horrified after seeing me the morning after a night out, as he thought I had been in a fight & had a black eye.

It recently struck me that there are potentially two factors when ever I suffer from the swelling. One is an Aloe Vera moisturiser, the other is drinking Sancerre white wine.

For some reason it does not happen when I drink other types of wine, but when I enquired what wine we had drunk with dinner it all seemed to fall into place. On this occasion I had not used the moisturiser.

The swelling usually goes after about 12 hours, but has lasted up to 3 days (a pharmacist recommended antihystamines). I now have a floater in the corner of my eye & wonder if this could be related!?!?!

The last few times I have had a glass or two of red wine I have woken up early morning with a severe headache between my eyes. The throbbing usually goes away after I get up. I'm thinking that it is with cabs and zinfandels as I used to drink merlots and pino noir's and only had problems if I over indulged. Anyone else have this type of reaction?

I rarely drink wine. Red wine gives me head aches. White wine I dont mind, but its hard to find one I enjoy.
My most favorite is Ernest & Julio Gallo White Zinfandel. I order this when out for dinner and buy sometimes to have when hosting dinner parties.
After a few glasses I get this weird tingling sensation. I dont know if I'd actually call it tingly... its sort of when you eat something sweet for the first time in the day and the glands in the back of your mouth start to water and give you the "wow" factor??? Does this make sense? Perhaps a type of itch that is hard to scratch?

Only I dont salvitate and it gets tingly and warmish, lasts anywhere from 20 to and hour. I tend to drink lots of water and cleans my mouth with other flavors to keep my mind off it.

I've never felt flushed or feverish. No red blotches or tightness in breathing. My tongue is fine. Its just that spot on both sides of my mouth. In the back, of my mouth. If you reach with your tongue to the furthest tooth back there, thats the spot! Right there inside the cheek area.

I can dink all other types of alcohol, I prefer most of them straight so it cant be alcohol, perhaps the sulfates or fermentation process? What do you think?

P.S. I also get this from overly ripe Pineapple...

Throat tightens and filled with mucous and pains with difficulty swallowing, breathing when I drink wine, beers, and sauteed mushrooms. What do these have in common?

After Thanksgiving dinner, my belly started to itch furiously and the T-zone on my face broke out. It seemed like an allergic reaction, and I had been drinking a beaujolais nouveau. The next night, I had a glass of the wine in isolation - not eating or drinking anything else - and it happened again. The night after, I tried a syrah, and it happened again, only not as bad. Then tonight, I didn't drink any wine but my neck, jawline and again my belly started itching. Only then did I remember that I'd poured a little malbec into the beef stew I made.

Could I have suddenly developed an allergy to red wine? I'm 43 and I've been drinking it my whole life and have never noticed this kind of reaction. The night before the first incident, I drank a half bottle of cabernet with no ill effects at all.

If this is an allergy, is it possible it will go away if I lay off the wine for awhile? I have no other food allergies, though three years ago I did develop rather severe seasonal allergies.

Thanks.

Not only was the alcohol bad for you, given your allergy, but I bet the benadryl was too.

Medications are not good for you, they only cover up the symptoms.

Good for you giving it up completely.

Some alcohol is fine for most people, but unfortunately you are one of those people who must cut it out entirely.

When I was younger and I would eat only a handful of raisins I would feel somewhat nauseous. I also couldn't drink cranberry juice, grape juice, apple juice, or any other fruit juice other than lemonade and orange juice. I could, however, drink red wine. Suddenly, around the age of 21 when I would have only one glass of red wine (or white wine as well) I would have to race to the bathroom and hang out in there for at most an hour or so. It really messed up my lower intestine. At dinner once I had only half a glass of white wine and it made me incredibly nauseous and sick and I had to throw it up. I say it's an allergy, but I'm not sure to what. I can eat grapes and I can now eat raisins without feeling a little sick. My body is sensitive to alcohol compared to other people, but it's just odd that when I could drink wine before, now it really damages my stomach/intestine/whatever.

Is that called an allergy?

I have recently discovered I am allergic to wheat. so stopped eating it.

I have now on 3 occassions been violently sick following drinking white wine. I usually have a glass of white at night on about 5 out of 7 nights. OVer the festive period I have had a few nights of drinking a few glasses and was really sick with severe pain in my stomach and lower back.

since then a have had a couple of sips of wine with no ill effects BUT the wine tastes vile (a bit like soap!)

It sounds silly but I will be gutted to stop drinking forever.

I don't enjoy spirits and can't drink beer because of the wheat allergy.

Is there any wheat in wine and could this be causing the problem? Thanks

I have drank small amounts of white wine over several years with no ill effects, but lately when I do have a glass of white wine I get itchy all over, even in my hair. Tonight I had one glass and shortly thereafter I had a most unusual "event". First I felt super tired, and just wanted to lie down, I don't remember much of sitting down, but was chilling, so my husband covered me with a light blanket. I covered my head with a sweat shirt hood and immediately went to sleep. I guess in about 15 minutes I asked my husband for some milk as I felt I was having somekind of reaction. The milk helped. It took about an hour to feel normal again. I do have many hive type of reactions mostly to medications and many foods, and am gluten intollerent. Do you feel that this could be a wine allergic reaction?

Approx. 24 hours after I drink wine, my entire body become sensitive to touch. I would say muscular soreness, but it's not the kind of hurt that feels good to massage...rather it hurts to touch anywhere on my body...head to toe. This appears to happen even if I drink just one glass of wine. I thought that it happened with all alcohol, but I recently went on a vacation and had only mixed drinks, and an occassional beer, and this did not happen. It also did not happen when I was younger and would have been drinking mostly beer then. I tend to drink mostly white wines. Anyone else have this issue?

I have drunk white wine for many years. Since having my daughter 20 months ago, on the few occasions that I have started to drink it again I have an allergic reaction. First my face, neck and chest area starts to burn and turn bright red, then I start to get palpitations. I tried a glass of cider and the same thing happened. It literally takes 2 - 3 sips before I start to burn up!!

My lips don't swell, but get very tingly, dark red and wrinklier than usual. I think it's the White Zinfandel I had which was very sweet and pink...I woke up the next morning w/my lip problem and it's been three days!! What's up? Is it the sulfites?

I have been drinking wine for years and I my nose would normally turn red (like my mom's) but otherwise all was well. Over the past few months, after as little as a sip of wine, I flush all over to the point where my hands swell and become red. This happens with all brands of both white and red. It does not happen with grape juice, grapes, other types of alcohol or wheat products. It happens any time - before, during and after dinner or in the evening. I usually only have a glass every day or two.

I love wine and can't imagine removing it from my diet. So far the symptoms are not so extreme that I feel the need to stop drinking, but I'm curious if anyone knows why this would happen so suddenly and what the specific root cause might be (and of course, if there is anything I can do about it).

I have been drinking red wine for years...I used to drink cabernets, but since having my daughter 2 years ago, I can't drink the "strong" stuff...I'm now drinking pinot noir once in awhile. The past few times that I've had a glass or two of red wine, I sometimes feel a little tightness in my chest. When I go to sleep, and wake up in the morning, I will have a cough stemming from my chest...kind of like when you have that annoying cough when you have the flu where you just breath in a little, and it starts a cough attack...so after wine now, when I wake up in the morning, when I breath in, I start this chest cough.

Is this an allergy?

My wife, is allergic to wine. 1/8 glass or even something cooked in wine causes vomiting and nausea for at least a few hours, but she can drink champagne wihtout any issue. Can anybody help us understand what it is that is causing her reaction to wine?

When I drink a few glasses of wine it seems that the next few days I cough a lot- no cold going on - allergic? or is there anything to possible yeast buildup causing this. I heard something on tv regarding this- I once went about 3 days without any =cough went away and then started drinking wine again and the cough came back.Anyone with definite info would help
Jackie

Like several of the people here, I sometimes have allergic reactions to some wines (I definitely have asthema so I guess that means I'm susceptable)

1) Worst; are sweet whites, cheap champagne (is there such a thing!), some beajolais, some cheap dry whites. Reds are generally ok.

2) The culprit is Sulphites (sulfites) which are added to the wine to halt fermentation & stabilise the wine. Essential in sweet whites to stop the sugars fermenting, often used in cheaper wines to control/ stop the fermentation & preserve the wine. I believe that better quality (more pricey) winemakers try to reduce use of sulphites because they are detectable as a 'fault' by wine snobs.

3) As I understand it - in my case it brings on a histamine reaction. But very seriously it can in some people bring on a loss of blood pressure which might be why some people keel over - time to talk to a Doctor !!

4) The good news - is that the better wines, especially reds, are 95% OK for me. My advice is be careful with your brands, drink less but drink better stuff!

Cheers!

Years ago i noticed when ordering a house wine at a club i would have strange feelings after the one glass, now years on it has worsened and the feelings are more severe my whole face goes a strange numb but tingly feeling (or lack off). i find this mostly with white wines and some champanges, i was able to drink a pink champange but every now it is reacting with me after 2 or more glasses. i aslo get lots of headaches, a get a sleepy sick feeling after a glass of white wine. I tried a New Zealand white wine and the reaction was the worst i have ever had my face went tingly, numb, headache and even though i could not see any swelling i had trouble talking if felt like my tongue and throat were swollen, i also felt like i was drunk or druged just 3/4 way through the glass. i stopped drinking it so i am not sure what would happen if i had a few glasses. do you think i have a sulfate allergy and is it worth seeing a doctor?

cheers Tanya

I have thought for a while that I might have an allergy to certain wines. I will have a few sips and my throat gets very mucusy, a bit tight and feels very uncomfortable. I can't even finish one glass because it's so uncomfortable. This also happens with some beers and raw vegetables. I don't remember having this problem with reds, just white wine and champaign. The frustrating thing is that I could drink the same variety of wine, but only certain brands will have this effect, so I don't know which types of wine to avoid.

Has anyone ever had swollen lips from drinking wine.My mouth also seems to thicken on the inside.I have never been allergic to wine before.I am in my early 50s. It usually happens about 6 hours after drinking just 1 glass of wine [ red ].

Hi Sue,

Sorry to hear you're getting these symptoms from drinking wine.

As you already know, wine can cause allergies in some people for a variety of reasons.

Allergic reactions can have a wide range of allergy symptoms, which depend more on the individual than the allergen.

So yes, it is possible that wine can cause itchy skin.

Have you noticed a difference if you try different types of wine, and different brands?

Recently after going to a wine festival i woke up with big itchy red blotches around my ankles. These soon started breaking out on my arms. The dr. said maybe poison oak?? I have never in 53 years of life had poison oak. I am thinking maybe the wine. I drank scupponine and muscadine at this event. The cordisone shot and the cream prescribed have not made this go away completely and now i notice i am breaking out with new places after i drink a glass or two. Do you think this could be an allergy to wine? At the festival i also participated in the "grape stomping" event where we stomped either muscadines or the scupponines. After this, i immediately washed off my feet and ankles with soap and water. So i am puzzled by this.

I became aware... like a lightening bolt, it's the white wine causing my ankles and feet to feel like they would like to fall off! The joint pain becomes so bad, I can hardly walk. This is after sipping pinot grigio while visiting or watching a little TV. I am 67 years old... I was beginning to think, things really do go south after sixty, but now I am blaming my drink of choice. I surfed onto this site after putting my symtoms on Google. Yes, I do believe our body will tell us what's wrong. We just need to listen. I will try another brand of pinot grigio and if it continues, I will just not indulge. It isn't worth it...