Some time ago I was talking with a distributor of wines, wines that, in most cases, can be described as “natural wines”. He said to me that the majority of those wines had no added sulfites, other than a little “sprinkle” at the time of bottling. From what I could gather, these wines have a content of Total SO2 way below 30-40 mg/L. What is the legislative framework in EU for solfites in wine? The legal limits are 150 mg/L for reds, 200 mg/L for whites. The new “organic wine” protocol, just approved a few weeks ago, lower the upper limits to 100 mg/L for reds and 150 mg/L for whites (for wines with a residual sugar content < 2 …continua
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book review: Authentic wine J.Goode, S. Harrop and The Science of wine, J.Goode
December 8, 2011
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In order to complete the first semester of the Diploma course of the WSET (Wine & Spirits Education Trust), I had to do an assignment that had this title: The role of science and technology in wine production. I had quite a lot of fun in preparing it (I’ll publish it after it’s been marked), I read a lot of …continua


