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From: vivekvp on 16 Jan 2007 10:02
Hello,

An acorn is a nut - right?

Is there any danger of drinking wines used in Oak Barrels?

Thanks,

V

From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 19 Jan 2007 06:30
> An acorn is a nut - right?
> Is there any danger of drinking wines used in Oak Barrels?

The allergy is to the nut flesh, not the whole tree. It's unlikely
there'll be any problem.

Some people (me included) have a non-allergic intolerance to tannins.
The oak barrel will add a small amount of tannin to the wine, but red
wine already has plenty of tannin anyway.

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From: shortergirl06 on 20 Jan 2007 11:08
But if you _are_ allergic to the whole tree, and the representative
food allergies, is the wine now unsafe? How does one tell how it's age?


Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
> > An acorn is a nut - right?
> > Is there any danger of drinking wines used in Oak Barrels?
>
> The allergy is to the nut flesh, not the whole tree. It's unlikely
> there'll be any problem.
>
> Some people (me included) have a non-allergic intolerance to tannins.
> The oak barrel will add a small amount of tannin to the wine, but red
> wine already has plenty of tannin anyway.
>
> ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
> Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760
> <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975
> stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557

From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 20 Jan 2007 20:49
>>> An acorn is a nut - right?
>>> Is there any danger of drinking wines used in Oak Barrels?
>> The allergy is to the nut flesh, not the whole tree. It's unlikely
>> there'll be any problem.
>> Some people (me included) have a non-allergic intolerance to tannins.
>> The oak barrel will add a small amount of tannin to the wine, but red
> > wine already has plenty of tannin anyway.
> But if you _are_ allergic to the whole tree, and the representative
> food allergies, is the wine now unsafe? How does one tell how it's age?

Do you know of any real case of such an allergy, ever?

============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
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From: shortergirl06 on 21 Jan 2007 20:15
No, I suppose not, but then again, I'm the only person I know that is
allergic to Apples, carrots and celery.

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