Last year, during a members-only class with one of our favorite Willamette Valley winemakers, we started out talking about the usual stuff—why Pinot Noir rocks, why Chardonnay especially rocks—and then the conversation took a slight left turn and we spent about thirty-odd minutes talking about egg whites….Yes, you heard me right, egg whites.

There’s a common belief that added sulfur in wine is the culprit for the red-wine-headache blues. Thing is, it’s a total myth. There is no evidence that sulfites are to blame.