What has been your experience with wine?

[Milind]

[mitchellbarbara]

wel, I remember when I was first divorced, 30 years ago I tried red wine and after a few sips got a headache...don't know if it was because of gluten or what...I did not have a problem with wine coolers, later ...but now this last year I'm hit with the gluten "issues"....don't know if all this was my FIRST symptoms of this issue or what..now, I just don't drink at all....

[Abby]

Rose and white wine = acid, heartburn and tummy ache.

Red = less short term stomach issues, depending on acidity, but headache soon appears.

I opt for the red! And don't drink very often. No gluten or anything, I just think my tummy is very sensitive anyway!

[napoleangluten]

Red - really bad headache = really bad for me

rose - similar

white - can't remember.

i think i read some where about coating the barrels with gluten occurs so i gave up on wine.

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[barny]

red wine and sparkling wine white is ok

[pretender]

Wines can be cleared using gluten, its all part of the process of wine making.

[meanioni]

Eggs, gluten, fish or milk based products are often used in winemaking to clear the sediment from wines. It's a bit of a lottery as to which wines are safe as it varies from vineyard to vineyard (and presumably from batch to batch).

Not tried them myself, but I heard these guys do good wines which are free-from goodwineonline.co.uk/acatal...

[gingerninja]

Ive never had any problems with wine other than the obvious alcohol related ones, usually have rose. If you get headaches you should probably drink glasses f water in between, that doesnt really have anything to do with gluten.

[freelancer]

I always used to drink white wine, then at one point (a couple of years before I started having identifiable problems with gluten) it out of the blue started making me extremely dehydrated, so I switched to red, which didn't. I've now been on and off gluten for 2.5 years and totally gluten free for 18 months and find I'm fine with white again. I don't know if this is connected but suspect it is.

I usually drink sauvignon blanc from a variety of countries (often watered down as a spritzer) and have never had an identifiable issue. I'm not a diagnosed coeliac but I usually react to anything going.

I slightly avoid Chardonnay because I read something about wheat paste on oaked wine barrels, but don't really know if this makes any difference and have never knowingly had a clear reaction when I've had it.

I'm on a budget but vaguely try and buy the more expensive stuff marked down as, probably irrationally, I feel it might be purer and less messed around with!

[urbangirl]

One of the things that alerted me to being ill was a reaction to red wine. I felt like my oesophagus felt like it was on fire when I took the first couple of sips. This did not always happen and I told my GP. She said keep on the more expensive wines which I try to do and I have only had this happen to me on occasion since. I only really have wine on social occasions nowadays. Otherwise I tend to drink gin!

[dobido]

hi i know i,ve mentioned it before but three mills from asda is gluten free its what got me to try at xmas and its clearly wrote on label. Bit to cheap most would think as its only £2.48 but its really nice and i have no side affects on white,rose or red at that price its worth a try, and it suits my budget

[philaustin]

Just checked my wine rack. Not one bottle mentions gluten on the label.

According to the Coeliac UK Food and Drink Directory, 2013, all wines are gluten free.

What I don't understand is, if there is gluten in wines sold in the UK shouldn't it appear in the allergens labelling on the bottles alongside the usual 'contains sulphites' note?

Could it be the sulphites that make people ill?

[meanioni in reply to philaustin]

No Phil, some wines use gluten but because of arcane labelling regulations, they do not need to put it on the bottle. You could have a problem with sulphites, but equally could be a yeast reaction if you get a problem with wine. However if you find you get variable reaction depending which wine you drink its almost certainly traces of gluten.

In terms of Coeliac UK directory, they are not a reliable source of information on this matter. They are still advising coeliacs it is OK to consume vinegar and malt... so go figure!!!!

[meanioni in reply to meanioni]

Reason why they don't put gluten on the label is that it is not an ingredient as such (as it is used as part of a process rather than a constituent of the product) and I believe alcoholic drinks are exempt from the current labelling regulations anyway (lager, for example does not give a list of ingredients).