Do organic wines taste any worse or better than wines with added sulfites?!
so would buying an inexpensive organic wine not be as tasteful perhaps as the one with the added sulfites?
why and how so?
Thanks for your answers!
Answers: I was told in an answer before that the added sulfites to many red wines is to allow prolonged storage and shelf life and this also allows the wine to develop richer flavours.
so would buying an inexpensive organic wine not be as tasteful perhaps as the one with the added sulfites?
why and how so?
Thanks for your answers!
they taste the same to me, but i noticed that i don't feel like dying the next morning if i drink organic wine. i think i'm really sensitive to sulfites and a glass or two of red wine gives me a pretty nasty hangover...so i switched to organic wine and no more hangovers.
They taste exactly the same! Probably in theory a bit better for you!
My friend owns a small winery that doesn't add sulfites. He told me that a small amount of naturally-occurring sulfites are in all red wines, but that most large, commercial wineries also add sulfites.
I, like many people, am allergic to sulfites and the end result is a big hangover. After tasting both many times (and suffering many hangovers), I personally think that the storage and shelf life is the more likely reason large wineries add the sulfites. Frankly, I find the wines without added sulfites to be much tastier, although some of them are just as pricey.
They are definately healthier, but the taste does depend on the wine!
I started drinking organic and chemical-free wines last summer and at first, I found them distasteful. I was like drinking juice, really. But I stuck with it, and, after a few weeks, I got used to the taste.
You also have to be careful about what you DON'T need exactly because many organic wines still contain the sulphites. And vice versa - just because a wine is sulphite-free doesn't mean it was produced from organically grown grapes!
So you have to read the labels very carefully.
Some organic wines which still contain sulphites taste really good, but are quite pricey ... there are a few great Bordeaux's on the shelves now that are really good! Sigh. It is hard to find something really healthy and tasty; especially if you live in a country where the wine is imported!
I, personally, would rather have sulphite free wine to a wine which still contained the chemicals but was produced from grapes that were not organically grown.
Why? I suppose I believe or trust that the grapes were washed before production, or that the fermentation process killed off all the residue of insecticides. But the preservatives are made to last.
I have yet to come across a decent inexpensive wine, red or white, that is chemical free and yet can taste as good as the normal.
I am sorry, I don't know why that is; if it is imported than I suspect it gets too old and "goes off". If it is locally made, you have to snatch it up soon.
Even if you can make your own, it won't taste like real wine.
So, one problem, certainly, is our conditioning to how a good wine should taste!
If you accustom yourself to the juicier and healthier wine, you can re-programme yourself.
I will follow your answers with interest, as I love wine, but worry about the chemicals in it!