organic wine – bet you didn’t know…
cynthia has made the brilliant mistake of sending me an interesting story. she didn’t blog it, but i will… thanks cindy! what an interesting article on organic wine and why it’s not what you might think. like many organic farmers, wine masters also, do not agree with our government’s new labeling standards for organic products. on the rare occasion i drink wine, it’s always pinot noir because i don’t get headaches from it. and if there’s an organic pinot noir, i buy that. but now i’ll have to look a little closer. not only will it take me two hours in the grocery store to buy a loaf of bread, but i’ll have to allocate at least half an hour for buying wine! it’s not easy being gwen. apparently, organic certification in wine does not allow for the use of sulfites because they are an added ingredient. however, sulfites happen to occur naturally in fermentation, and are therefore rather an integral component of to wine itself. thus, many wineries are protesting the omission of this natural preservative and have continued to use sulfites anyway. the wine ends up being labeled “made with organic grapes”, instead of “organic” and that is what we should be looking for on a label. so if you’re not diggin the organic wine selection try looking for WINE MADE WITH ORGANIC GRAPES and MINIMAL USE OF SULFITES. that said, i personally have liked most of the organic wines i’ve tried. but i’m no wine aficionado.
VIA SALON
