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    I just want to ask a simple question really. The wine in question is called ALDOR 1998, VINO DE MESA DE CASTILLA Y LEON. The question is I drank maybe half the bottle night before last Ii was fine) and the other half last night but maybe two hours after last night's imbibing I became really ill -- meaning sick, very sick, with a stomach ache, hot and cold sweats, and still not feeling good now. Is this wine just a table wine or vintage and should it make me this ill. Further, I have another bottle of this wine and I'm not sure if i should drink it. The wine taste was very good which didn't give me any signs to it being a bad wine. Kind regards, Roger

    That's an unusual reaction, and I doubt it has anything to do with the wine itself. More likely, your sickness was due either to something you ate, a germ (i.e., the flu), or maybe something got into the wine after you opened it. Generally speaking, wine does not cause the kind of sickness you describe.

    That said, I would say that you should be able to drink the second bottle without a problem -- once you're feeling better. Though, if it were me, I probably wouldn't -- the negative experience would be too closely correlated in my mind.

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