Sulfites

[Botafogo]

Bucko, a little inside humor for you:

A winemaker's daughter recently got in my face when I challenged her on her assertion that her wines had "NO sulfites". What it boiled down to was that the sulfites measured less than the USDA standard which was measured in parts per million and the standard was, let's say, 20 ppm. I reminded her that some drugs are dosed in milligrams, some in micrograms and some horrible toxins (Riacin for example) in nanograms and that if she drank a glass that contained 19 parts per million of THC (the active ingredient in Marijuana), she would feel no effect but if it contained the same amount of LSD or STP she would be tripping her little brains out but the solution would still be "drug free" by her definition.

Roberto

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 04-22-2003).]