Reader’s Corner:Alcohol and the menopause:

Our story last time about alcohol intolerance and the postmenopausal woman triggered an interesting response from one reader. She understands the problem is more to do with lower levels of enzymes in the liver. As a result, some women cannot drink even one glass of wine without suffering a hangover. Additives in wine don’t help much, either, she adds, which is some sort of a case for organic wines, we suppose.