Organic Wine

Grapes are one of the crops most sprayed with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. Not a good thing...if you like to consume wine...so I might try to go the organic wine route. One thing that most organic wine sites point out is that there probably is no such thing as 100% organic wine. The reason is that sulfites must be added to wine to preserve it. And even if its not directly added to it, the fermentation process itself produces sulfites. Sulfites are the most common preservatives and if there are no sulfites in wine...it turns brown and sour in less than two months (well unless they use another type of preservative). Also wines with no sulfites are basically just grape juice. I've found a couple good sites that discusses this organic wine subject further.

Clearing up the Confusion about Organic Wine
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/OrganicWine.htm

Organic Winegrowing Goes Mainstream By Jeff Cox
http://www.thewinenews.com/augsep00/cover.html

These two are websites where you can buy wine too:

Eco Wine
http://www.ecowine.com/

Organic Vintners
http://www.organicvintners.com/

I forgot I was interested in this subject. I first thought about it when I tried a glass of it at the Ecopolitan Restaurant in Minneapolis a couple months back. Then for New Year's Eve, Aaron (Eric's friend) brought a bottle of Frey California Red Table Wine over...which has sparked my memory on this interest.