As I mentioned in my last post we get a lot of unusual wine requests in Jus de Vine.The latest,just last week,was a request for wines that are low in purines in order to keep some of our customers gout at bay!Most food and alcohol that cause gout contain high amounts of purines.Put as non medically as possible, purine is a substance that is found in our diet and is also produced naturally by the body. Purines are generally broken down by the body, and its failure to do so adequately may produce symptoms of gout.
White wine that is high in acidity and not over 13% in alcohol is ok such as New World Sauvignon Blanc and most dry whites are fine. Red wine is a little more tricky because you have to avoid wine that is high in tannin and all heavy rich full bodied reds,so for example Amarone and any Port is out. Reds from Montapulciano and Beaujolais are a good place to start once they are under 13% in alcohol. Hope this is of some help to any gouty wine lovers out there.
Julie
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If you haven't experienced it yourself, it's hard to describe the pain of gout symptoms. Your joints swell, flesh becomes tender and inflamed, the pain is intense and unrelenting, and it's made all the worse because there isn't much you can do about a flare up. This was even worse historically, when there were no effective treatments available.
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