Anyone know any sulfite free wines please?

[Pottyone]

Thats it really! Tesco used to do a Tesco Finest Viognier that hadn't had any added but it is not stocked any more.

[BBWCHATT]

This winery in Sussex makes it:

http://www.englishorganicwine.co.uk/

[Pottyone]

Thanks for that. We have just been on hliday down there but didn't see the winery!! Typical!

[lorri24601]

thanks for that link to the vinyard, i have a sulphite allergy and find getting wine without any extra added is a problem, the website says they deliver so might place a small order to try before going over there :-)

[nickmo]

And to expand the English wines info - go to http://www.english-wine.com and if you have any queries they have a forum that you could add your questions too re sulphites and their use.

Be aware that as the into on the site says, 'British' wine can be made in industrial quantity from imported grape'juice' but the better quallity wine most often sold as English wine is less 'processed' and should be readily avilable - the largest vineyard in England is at Dorking, only 20 miles from London.....and as there are now some 400 vineyards round and about you should be able to visit one near you fairly easily...

Good reason to support the local producers!

[BBWCHATT]

Glad I could help guys:)


http://www.aboutorganics.co.uk/organic_food_dr ink/organic_wine_spirits.htm


Good article and also more links on this website.


BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

[Pottyone]

lorri24601. I emailed the sussex winery and they sent me a realy helpful reply. I am pasting it below but it is too long for one post so will have to break it in to two.

Whilst organic standards limit the amount of sulphur dioxide (SO2) which can be added to organic wines to just under half the amount which can be added to conventional wines, SO2 is nevertheless, added to just about all organic wines. For most wines (dryish whites and reds) the organic maximum is 100mg SO2 per litre. For sweeter wines more is permitted.

Small amounts of sulphur dioxide are created by the fermentation process itself, so you will not find any wines totally free of SO2. There are however, some wineries (usually not organic ones) who are experimenting with creating wines without the addition of any SO2, the so called "no Sulphur added" wines. Probably the reason so few wineries are attempting to create wines without any added SO2 is because of the high-tech equipment, and high capital cost of such equipment. In addition, the grapes would need to be entirely free of Botrytis (grey mould), as it is SO2 which is used to suppress the oxidative function of the botrytis enzyme.

If you wished to try some of our wines then the ones with the lowest SO2 levels are the Dry White and the Pinot Noir-Regent red wine. Go to https://secure.hosts.co.uk/%7Eenglishorganicwine.co.uk/acatalog/Wines.html

[Pottyone]

And the rest of it...

But the wines with the lowest levels of added SO2 are bottle fermented (traditional 'champagne' method) sparkling wines. Since the carbon dioxide bubbles help to keep the wines fresh and reduce oxidation, there is not the necessity to add so much SO2. In addition, the grapes used to make sparkling wines have to be free of botrytis, as bottle fermentation could be adversely affected if large amounts of SO2 were required to 'fix' the botrytis enzyme.

If you wished to try our sparkling wines we have a white and a ros� available. Go to https://secure.hosts.co.uk/%7Eenglishorganicwine.co.uk/acatalog/Sparkling.html

I do hope this helps, and please let me know how you get on with any of the above suggestions, as we get a lot of enquiries along these lines so it would be useful to pass on your experiences to others.

Assuring you of our best attention at all times.

Best Regards

[lorri24601]

Hi Potty, thanks for that it was very helpful,i only live about 45 min drive from sedlescombe so sounds like it may well be worth a visit, i read somewhere that sulphites occur naturally in grape skins ( appricots also) so would never find a wine totally free of them but i have never known if that was right or not ,but i know from the symptoms that some contain way more that others lol.If and when i get round to going i will post on this thread to let you know how i get on :-)

[Pottyone]

lorri24601 - Don't know if you will revisit this question but if you do then someone has recommended www.vintageroots.co.uk to me. If you type sulphur in their search facility it brings up two 'no added sulphur' reds. Think you may have to buy by the case though,haven't looked into it fully yet.