Basic, general question about reds

[Thomas]

You are correct Tastevin. I remember now.

The earlier confusion between your posts and mine was not about sulphur spraying on vines. The confusion was about copper sulfate spraying in the vineyard as opposed to the dis-allowed practice of adding copper sulfate during the winemaking process.

Yeah, KC. And what you did not mention is that the government warning about sulfites appears only on alcohol products, the very products that contain the lowest sulfite levels. There is no warning on packaged baked goods (often potassium metabisulfite as a preservative, generally in higher levels than in alcohol). In fact, to those who say to me they are allergic to the sulfites in wine (headaches, backaches, you name it) I ask if they eat packaged baked goods and if they get the same reaction.

The reason for the government slap at alcohol with those labels warnings: anti-alcohol groups pressured the govt. in the mid 1980s, seeing this bogus issue as one wedge to use to make alcohol seem evil.




[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 04-01-2004).]