Jam Shed Red Wine - Disturbed sleep

And still no-one has adequately explained why drinking a small bottle of red wine would impact sleep.

Google says it has 9.4 units of alcohol in it.  I think that provides adequate explanation surely.  I love a few glasses of wine, beer, gin and whisky, pretty much most booze, but have realised as i get older that any more than 3 or 4 units, whatever the tipple, messes big time with my sleep.

Apart from you?  Or rather Dan Lloyd in the video you posted?

That was the other me.

My point is that regardless of that, coincidence is not causation. The OP needs to glug at least one more bottle of Jam Rolypoly and see if the same thing happens. If it does, it may be that simply drinking more of it, say two or three bottles, prevents it from happening. Only through extended experimentation can we be reasonably sure.

Maybe its all the sugar in it.  Its soo sweet....

yep, my partner for some reason loves this and the 19 crimes stuff too. gives me way worse hangovers than the wines i like (lighter rhones)

Maybe you're lactose intolerant and reacting to all the milk in it? Cheese gives you mad dreams after all!

I googled sulfites in wine, and I think sweeter wines (more sugar) and 'new world wines' (from further away, more travel time) require more sulfites to keep them stable and palatable?

My 'Kingpin' is from Spain but quite sweet still, so I guess I should experiment with something less sweet and from as close as possible (and ideally £15/bottle).

Also for what it's worth I'll join the abstinent killjoys, a whole bottle to myself in a single night is definite shit sleep/hangover territory no matter what the wine, am astonished that's considered 'not a lot'!

Edit: dammit, thought smileys were working again...

"And still no-one has adequately explained why drinking a small bottle of red wine would impact sleep"

LOL

My wife says that she gets on better with low- and no-sulphite wine from the posh biodynamic wine shop up the road. I'm not completely convinced but it's interesting wine and usually far better than the stuff I would have bought so I don't complain.

My ability to cope with alcohol has certainly diminished over the years. Which is probably no bad thing as it's helped encourage me to cut down a bit.

And still no-one has adequately explained why drinking a small bottle of red wine would impact sleep

Not sure about the "why", but alcohol definitely has an impact on sleep quality. If you've got a Garmin (or whatever) and you wear it 24x7, you can clearly see when your sleep score drops after having a drink or two. (And it really is a drink or two - a full bottle of wine would be more than enough to have an impact).

anyone who rides an e-mtb is a fat, lazy slob

If you had eaten a full-fat e-mtb all by yourself in 1 sitting then that statement would probably be accurate!

The issue is likely to be caused by a lot of sulphates in the wine - this isn't a new thing, but wines with a lot of sulphates can cause issues - like very blocked sinuses, disturbed sleeps, thumping headaches. If you can find a wine with less sulphates then you shouldn't feel quite so bad after drinking it.

What the flip is Jam Shed?

Oh?

Nevermind.

They're a bit cagey on their alcohol content.

As for sulphites, they're complicated.

^^^

Google says it has 9.4 units of alcohol in it.

thumping headaches

Absolutely searing headaches here on occasion. And not hangover type headaches, almost instantaneous "turn of the lights" head shrinkingly bad ones.

The same as if you open a pack of beta bisulphide to sterilise bottles

like very blocked sinuses

Bingo! I've been getting sinus symptoms that the GP put down to 'allergic rhinitis' but I've never been able to pin down what I'm allergic to! (the symptoms aren't that bad so I've been a bit lazy trying to figure it out).

Definitely worse after booze but I've never made a note of what booze exactly...

Have you tried the Aldi rip off as a comparison? They’ve not exactly made much of an effort in hiding their impersonation, but apparently it’s the sincerest form of flattery

I don’t have a sweet tooth at all and find Jam Shed a bit sugary, personally, but that’s just me. I didn’t know they did a Malbec as well as the Shiraz. I’ll have to give it a go… purely in the interests of scientific research, obviously  😀

Until recently i drank every night and never had a sleep problem. For lardy fat boy reasons i stopped drinking mid week. Now when i drink at the weekend i get a crap nights sleep. I want a refund.

mogrim

Not sure about the “why”, but alcohol definitely has an impact on sleep quality. If you’ve got a Garmin (or whatever) and you wear it 24×7, you can clearly see when your sleep score drops after having a drink or two. (And it really is a drink or two – a full bottle of wine would be more than enough to have an impact).

Odd thing is I've found the opposite!

My last alcoholic drink was Sep 27th and my sleep has been much worse according to my Garmin, I am also feeling really tired by mid afternoon so that would follow the sleep quality? No weight loss either despite replacing red wine with herbal tea's & my blood pressure has risen slightly.