Why Do Sulphites Get Added To Wine

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:01:50 +0200, Mike Tommasi >
wrote:

>Lucan Salem wrote:
>> Why Do Sulphites Get Added To Wine
>
>Same reason they get added to packaged salads, shrimp, dried fruit,
>fruit juice, salad dressings, etc., etc., etc. :-|
>
>It is an antioxydant (there, that should set people off buying wines for
>health reasons...) :-)))

Also to kill microorganisms at various key points in winemaking, e.g.
prior to innoculation with cultured yeasts for fermentation, and prior
to bottling to prevent fermentation in the bottle.

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

Lucan Salem > wrote in
:

> Why Do Sulphites Get Added To Wine

If someone claims to be selling a "sulfite-free" wine they are lying to
you. There are plently of wines with no added sulfites, but sulfites are a
natural by-product of fermentation. A wine may have no sulfites added to
it, but it is not free of sulfites.

Fred.