Whats Different about a Wine Without Added Sulfites?
A wine without added sulfites might be drinkable by those with only a mild allergy to sulfites. These people might be OK with the “natural sulfites” but have a reaction when they have a wine with “added in sulfites”. Remember that a wine without added sulfites cannot last long, however. Usually 18 months is the longest a sulfite-free wine would survive. This includes the time the wine spent at the winery, at the wine shop as well as in your basement! So while no-sulfites-added is fine for “drink young” wines like Chardonnay, it would not be good for a “drink in a year” wine like a Cabernet Sauvignon. How does a Winery Create Wine Without Adding Sulfites? Again, this is only for wines that will be drunk very quickly. The winery has to make sure to warn people to drink it soon, so they do not get vinegar when they open the bottle. The second issue is that sulfites help to keep wild organisms in the winery from harming the wine. So if a winery isn’t going to use sulfites, they have to mak
