Wine expert shares which bottles to avoid if you don't want a hangover
A wine expert has shared which bottles to avoid if you don't want a hangover - and she's got some extra advice on how to store it properly too.
Warner Boin Dowlearn, 30, is a real wine connoisseur and is on a mission to educate people about her favourite tipple.
She said that the best way to store wine is in a jam jar with a lid as this keeps it fresher, so you can ditch the cork once the bottle is opened.
And she said the key to avoiding wine headaches is buying expensive bottles - as the cheaper ones will lead to more explosive hangovers.
Warner said you should avoid drinking cheap wine (SWNS)
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Warner, from Sonoma County, California, US, said: "There are a couple of factors people need to consider when it comes to wine headaches.
"It could either be the wine you're drinking or the amount.
"If you're having a reaction to wine, it could be the amount of sugar or additives in the wine or the amount we drink.
"Dehydration is the number one cause of headaches - make sure you drink water between alcoholic drinks.
"Wines contain natural compounds like sulphites, histamines and tannins that some people might have more of a sensitivity to.
"What worked for me was keeping a list of all the wines that I was drinking and noting down how I felt after drinking each one of them.
"I started to notice that when I was drinking American wines under $14 (£11) or $15 (£12) I was having negative reactions.
Warner also suggested storing wine in jam jars (SWNS)
She said you can ditch the cork (SWNS)"As a result, I switch to smaller production wines which include fewer additives."
Previously, Warner also explained how to properly store wine to stop it going off so soon.
"If you were to put the cork back on a bottle of wine that's half empty you'll see half of the bottle still has oxygen inside it and the cork will still allow oxygen to get into your wine bottle.
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"You want to reduce the oxygen-to-wine ratio to keep it fresh and to do this I recommend using a jar.
"A winemaker that I used to work for told me something similar, he recommended just buying half bottles of wine and then you can keep any leftover wine in there.
"There is so much less oxygen in a smaller jar than the rest of a bottle - it will still make your wine taste fresh even a couple of days after you've opened it.
"Whereas a day after I open a bottle of wine and I put the cork back on I can tell the difference.
"I use this trick all the time, my friends use it, and it is really handy."
Warner also debunked the myth that wines get better with age saying "90 per cent of wines are meant to be consumed when you buy them".
"Most wines do not get better with taste. I would say that 90 per cent or more are meant to drink now," she said.
"The typical wines you will get on your supermarket shelf are not meant to age - it is only the really expensive ones that are."
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