More TRUTH comes out about commercial wine

[jswordy]

Makes me GLAD that I make my own...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-winemakers-wont-tell-you-2014-07-31?siteid=yhoof2

What did you think?

 

[cmason1957]

I'm glad I make most of my own. And I am totally giving up that idea of doing this to make money, ever.

 

[JohnT]

Neat article Jim!

 

[Boatboy24]

I'm glad I make most of my own. And I am totally giving up that idea of doing this to make money, ever.

Gave up that idea long ago. Even if I won the lottery, I wouldn't own a winery. The closest I will come is working at one part time when I retire.

The only one of those I didn't realize was the "Mega Purple". I've often looked at a $10 bottle and wondered just how they got such amazing color extraction. I figured something was being done to modify the color, but was never sure.

 

[GreginND]

Well, #2 is flat wrong. The TTB has not allowed the use of chitosan and now only conditional approval of the use of chitosan from fungal sources - not shellfish.

 

[Tom_S]

It's also a bit misleading... because the isinglass, chitosan, and I'm assuming the article is talking about Bentonite when it says "clay," all grab particles and then fall to the bottom of the vessel and are then left behind. Not like we home winemakers have never used those things.

 

[DoctorCAD]

That was a waste of the time to read it. You could almost substitute paint for wine in almost all of those "examples" and not change the overall story.

 

[seth8530]

I thought it was a rather lousy article too. Too much reliance on scare tactics and fear mongering. Honestly, I will keep buying commercial wine and I will keep drinking the wine I make. I did not find many convincing reasons in that article that would sway me away from commercial wine.

 

[Tom_S]

I thought it was a rather lousy article too. Too much reliance on scare tactics and fear mongering. Honestly, I will keep buying commercial wine and I will keep drinking the wine I make. I did not find many convincing reasons in that article that would sway me away from commercial wine.

Right, like the insistence upon using the phrase "fish bladders" and "crab shells" as much as possible instead of the proper names isinglass and chitosan.

And the part about using fake coloring made out of what? Grapes. Big whoop.

If you only knew what was in most processed foods, you'd probably never eat anything which comes in a package again. At least wine doesn't contain nearly the preservative chemicals that a Twinkie does, for instance.

 

[seth8530]

Pretty much! Now, do I enjoy the fact that some wineries "cheat" with their colour... No not really... I would not do it my own wine. But, it definitely does not scare me and it is certainly not enough to force me to drink only from my own cellar.

 

[Tom_S]

I have "cheated" with the color of my wine by adding juice or some grape skins. But it doesn't bother me that wineries use a somewhat artificial coloring made from grape skins.

 

[tonyt]

Holes all over that article. Thank goodness I am unlikely to still be here in 2050 when the Earth will be too warm in California, France and Australia for them to grow grapes (no. 10). You youngsters better stock up now.

 

[Boatboy24]

Holes all over that article. Thank goodness I am unlikely to still be here in 2050 when the Earth will be too warm in California, France and Australia for them to grow grapes (no. 10). You youngsters better stock up now.

But Grapeman will be growing killer Cabernet and Pinot Noir!

 

[JohnT]

But Grapeman will be growing killer Cabernet and Pinot Noir!

As well as Arcticsid!

 

[seth8530]

Who is this articSid you speak of? Sounds like a ghost story....