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Why does red wine cause headaches? Our research points to a compound found in the grapes’ skin

By Andrew Waterhouse, Professor of Enology, University of California, Davis
Apramita Devi, Postdoctoral researcher in food science and technology, University of California, Davis

Medical 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 chemists specializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.

Many components of red wine have been accused of causing…

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