Untoward reaction to white wine?

Woke up yesterday with a super-huge headache followed by violent waves of nausea and vomiting. The night before, I had 3 glasses of chenin blanc from S. Africa. I'm not a big white wine drinker, but this bottle was nice add crisp. I also hard some very good handcrafted truffles. Anyway, I more than paid for my gluttony. I was still feeling dizzy today.

Has anyone had this reaction? I don't think I was hungover. I can handle alcohol well.

Appreciate any explanation.

Fwiw, my wife used to have a similar reaction to the wine + chocolate combination -- debilitating and nauseating migraines -- but it was always with red wines, never whites. I hope you get to the bottom of it so you can avoid it in the future.

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Were there tannins in it? I find that tannins, even in black tea, makes me nauseous. Maybe this was very tannin-heavy?

Sounds like a sulfite allergy to me.

Momagotcha may be right about the sulfites. This was something I had to monitor when I used to brew my own beer. It will definitely cause nausea if the sulfite levels are too high, and imported wines tend to build up higher amounts of sulfites.

Another reason this may be happening is sugar intoxification. When you mix alcohol - which ethanol is produced from sugar, and mix another sugary food like chocolate, it may thrown your blood-sugar levels out of whack. People with thyroid or glycemic issues will be more prone to these problems. Headaches and abdominal discomfort are usually the most common symptoms of sending your body into sugar shock.

I have had the same problems but with red wine, once with a house made chianti at a local restaurant and another time with some wine I was given at my brother-n-law's home for Christmas one year.