Saturday, February 7, 2009

Organic Wine and Sulfites

There is some argument about organic wine and it's labeling. The argument stems from sulfites. Sulfites or sulfur dioxide is added to wine to help preserve the wine, sulfites also have high levels of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. All wines have sulfites in them, most are added in the wine making process but it is also a natural occurring process after bottling. So here is the controversy, to some organic means how the grapes are grown and processed. To others it means grown, processed and NO sulfites added. To know if you have a wine which has no sulfites added, it will usually have an expiration date. Wine that has sulfites have a much longer shelf life than wine with no sulfites added. We have a growing selection of organic wines. Natura, True Earth and Candoni to name a few. If you need help finding our organic wines just ask.

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