I’ve had acid reflux since I was little, so I was intimately familiar with the taste of stomach acid.
The first time I tried wine, my instant reaction was ‘stomach acid?’
I agree with the original poster, in that I can not tell any difference between the flavors of stomach acid and red wine.
This wasn’t really discussed before, but, yes, on the one hand wine is supposed to be acidic, but on the other hand not much more so than regular orange juice or grape juice or tomato juice. Not quite as much as vinegar or stomach acid or lemon juice.
pH is clearly not the only factor, though. I may not be an experienced food and drink reviewer, but I can tell good wine actually tastes unlike vinegar or puke or OJ. If you simply don’t care for it (or the particular vintage) that’s a completely different story, but even a glass of cheap claret is not supposed to make you literally sick.
I dislike dry wines, but sweet/medium are OK. But I avoid them because they keep me awake.
Have you tried Purewine? I assume it’s available where you are. I know a few people who swear by it.
I know Magiver is still active, but you’re replying to a post from 2008.
This is a 12 year zombie, FWIW.
Many of the headaches caused by wine are due to the histamine in red wine. Try whites, and see if it comes up. Or take an antihistamine and try a red. Alternately, if you think it might be due to sulfites (This autocorrect really isn’t suitable for chemistry discussion.), try some dried fruit and see if you get a headache from that too.
I don’t see the point of squirting hydrogen peroxide into my wine, which is what Purewine is.
If someone doesn’t like wine, I can try to help them find out why they don’t like the ones they’ve tried, and suggest others.
Or, it just may not be for them. More for the rest of us.
The only wine I actually enjoy drinking is vermouth. Red wine is a no go due to its bitterness–it doesn’t help the one red wine I do actually drink, communion wine, is one of the most awful things out there. White’s drinkable, but how many places you know of sell wine but no beer or spirits?
To be honest, the one thing that throws me off wine is the whole wine culture. I have no interest in gingerly sipping my wine to analyze its terroir or its flavorings. And I think the whole food pairing thing is silly. Why should have to analyze what’s going to match up with my food instead of just drinking what I want?
Who is holding you hostage and compelling you to do this?
Every single wine I’ve ever tried that is made from grapes tastes like mold. I don’t think there’s getting past that. I have had apple and cranberry wines that don’t taste moldy though.
No, I don’t like wine. I don’t like any alcohol unless it’s been mixed with something else, but if I want to get smashed fast I choose fireball shots since the cinnamon overpowers the alcohol taste for me
Odd. I’ve never had that experience - perhaps because I’ve never tasted mold as a basis of comparison.
I like wine but I’m hardly a wine snob nor someone willing to pay big bucks for a high class bottle. Which has been great for my budget.
And I’m shocked, shocked, that no one has mentioned you can’t mix a Zombie using wine.
Wow, I’d forgotten about this thread, but it still holds true. I’ve gotten married since the OP and my wife drinks wine. Every time I try hers, it’s the acid reflux taste.
More of a Mary Ann, eh? Just kidding. I get what you’re saying, though (and vermouth is an excellent ass-kicker right before lunch). It’s not always silly and elitist like that. Well, in some circles, it certainly is, but it’s a very interesting culture that’s worth cultivating if you get into it with unpretentious and knowledgeable friends.
I knew someone who worked as a chemist for a winemaker and he said that the Tío Pepe brand of sherry is the purest (as in results from a chemical analysis) booze that he’d come across. Maybe you’ll have a better experience with sherry. After four or five little glasses of it, I feel woozy in a way that I don’t really like. That’s why I prefer beer.
6 and a half more years and this thread’ll be old enough to buy its own wine in England…
I would have thought the “purest” booze would be something like distilled, filtered, unflavored vodka, and that would be much less acidic than wine. It might still “burn” if it were concentrated enough and you took a swig (distillation can output up to 96% ethanol).
Pure as in “clean” rather than strong.
Well, wine is supposed to age, otherwise it’s just grape juice. 
I’ve always hatred the taste of alcohol, wine included.
Love wine. Well, some wine. Sweet wines are gross, and I like a sharp, tannin-forward wine.
Cilantro ruins everything.
I would rather eat something made with almonds, than with Amaretto.
I would rather eat something made with oranges, than with Cointreau.
I would rather eat something made with mint, than with Creme de Menthe
I would rather drink grape juice, than wine.