Wine culture can be so cringe. 🍷

"Sulfites" give me headaches when I drink wine. I hear it all the time, but something never rang true to me. If you have a true sulfite sensitivity you would have an asthma-like reaction to drinking most wines or eating dried fruit. The key thing is: YOU WOULD KNOW TLDR at the bottom👇 My thinking on this has been that if a wine maker adds a ton of sulfites, they are probably adding a bunch of other additives. Since wine ingredient labeling is extremely opaque, you could be reacting to "anything" and without meeting your winemaker, it would be very difficult to ascertain which is giving you an issue. My advice to people negatively affected by wine has been 3-tiered: Best) Meet your winemaker and ask questions Better) Drink Low Intervention or "Natural" wines Good) Default to French/Italian/European wines generally Now, I'm back to the initial 80 IQ statement being correct. SULFITES DO NOT CAUSE WINE HEADACHES, but they do absolutely decrease your body's ability to process histamines. Histamines + High Sulfur lead to your body having an allergic response Your body produces histamines naturally as part of your immune alarm system causing blood vessels to dilate, tissues to swell, flushing and congestion. Thats the entire mechanism behind allergic reactions and why you take antihistamines to treat them. I'll go into the science of all this more in another thread TLDR Histamines exist in wine and "sulfites" decrease your body's ability to process them which leads to allergic reaction-type symptoms. This works QUICKLY. If you feel hot, congested or get a headache within the first few glasses you are having histamine issues. Quick solutions: White wine -> Lower Histamines Low Intervention wine -> Lower Sulfites DAO Enzyme supplements -> Help process histamines Allegra -> Safest Antihistamine with alcohol (last choice)

A winemaker in the USA can add any of these acidity adjusters to their wine without disclosing the info to the consumer. calcium carbonate malic acid tartaric acid lactic acid potassium bicarbonate sodium bicarbonate potassium hydroxide sodium hydroxide ammonium carbonate ammonium chloride ammonium hydroxide magnesium carbonate sodium carbonate The only way to know what is in your wine is to ask the winemaker directly. Shake your Winemaker's Hand

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I need a license to buy grapes. I need a license to drive to pick up grapes. I need a license to make wine. I need a license to pay taxes on the wine I sell. OI! You got a Loicense for your life?

Wine is art. Drink your art.

Starting at 10, I worked every summer in the vineyard that is now my livelihood. I hated it. If I could go back in time and tell myself one thing...I probably would've kept my mouth shut. "This is your future" - would have scared me away "Buy Bitcoin" - I'd never have learned hard lessons Sometimes the naivety of the moment is the best thing for you.

You get what you put out into this world. If you project yourself as infallible, you'll surround yourself with people who do the same. Real recognizes real. Consistency, conviction and connection matter the most in my life and I built my business on that. Consistent high quality wine brings people back Conviction in myself got me through the rough first years of learning the hard way Connection over a glass of wine is my #1 goal You can just build your life around your values. My proof of work is in the bottle. Don't trust. Verify.🍷 PeonyLaneWine.com

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People who consistently drink California Cabernets are usually thrown off by my wine. They aren't wrong because Taste Preference is Personal But if you specifically drink California Cabernet Sauvs you are drinking one of the most commoditized products in the wine world. High end California Cabernet can be World Class. It can be amazing wine. The problem is that most California Cabernet is not World Class. It is styled and manipulated to fit a very specific flavor profile. Deviate from that and it's suddenly "not what a Cab should taste like." That single phrase tells you everything about how narrow the template has become. Peony Lane is different and that's the point. I do not make California wine in the mountains of Colorado.

Taste matters, but is ephemeral. When it comes to quality wine, how you feel afterwards is the #1 quality indicator.

Wen Lambo?? nah. Wen Peony Lane 🍷

It frustrates me to no end that my Dad doesn't understand Bitcoin, but he sure did know how to establish a legacy. He worked his ass off to buy the land and plant the grapes that I am building on top of. I would have little if not for him. My goal is to create something on top of what he started that will inspire my kids to take it even further. He won with Real Estate. I am going to win with Bitcoin. But the generational wealth is found in the land and the memories created while stewarding and enjoying it.

Seems like selling wine for Bitcoin was a good idea. Too bad I listened to all the retards who disagreed because I didn't want to be different and missed out.

Sulfites do not give you wine headaches. Your body can process Histamines. It's the combination of them that leads to feeling flushed, congested or getting a headache within your first glass or two.