This may be shocking for many wine lovers out there, but there is a loop hole in the wine labeling system that allows wineries to omit an ingredient list.  As consumers, we have become very aware of what goes into our bodies and trained to read the “Nutrition Facts”, which lists all the ingredients within a product.  By sheer process of elimination you may assume that a product with no list of ingredients must not include any additives.

Some of us still have that romantic image of people stomping on grapes, with the juice running into barrels, that will soon become the wine we drink.  So why can we not get this image out of our heads and wake up to the fact that the wine industry is like any other.  There are people with good intentions and corporations alike.  And even some unlikely suspects that turn from a small production facility into a large corporation without turning back.  To our benefit, there is an emerging group of vineyards and winemakers, some new and some that have been in the business for years, that want to bring wine back to its natural state.  The way things used to be before introducing numerous additives.  Since wine labeling is so unclear, it is our mission at Organic Wine Exchange to find these wineries, tell their story and bring the wine to you.

Without further ado, here is a list of what you may Not see on a label, but could be added to your wines without your knowledge.  If you get headaches or adverse reactions to wine, it is probably not the sulfites, something on this list could be one of many reasons.

Sec. 24.246 Materials authorized for the treatment of wine and juice.

Sec. 24.247 Materials authorized for the treatment of distilling material.
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