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Santa Cruz, California based Bonny Doon Vineyard has
announced that from the vintage of 2007 onwards, their wine labels will
disclose all ingredients of white and red wines.
From these February 2008 releases all ingredients will
be listed in two sections on the back label of each bottle.
The first section will list the wine's basic ingredients
- grapes and sulphur dioxide - while the second will display production
ingredients which are aren't perceptible in the wine nor directly affect
its taste.
'It's useful to provide more detailed information about
the ingredients used in wine production and reduce our dependence on standard
wine additions, even those considered to be benign such as tartaric acid,
bentonite, yeast nutrients, enzymes, sulphur dioxide,' Bonny Doon president
Randall Grahm said.
Bonny Doon is working towards producing simpler and less
technically manipulated wines, Grahm said. The first wines featuring the
new ingredient labeling will be the Ca' del Solo Albariño and Ca'
del Solo Muscat, both certified by Demeter, a biodynamic growers' organization.
'Lest it appear self-righteous,' Grahm added, 'one should
bear in mind that we are still somewhat reliant on wine additions that,
in a perfect world, we would minimize or not use at all.'
Grahm said the move is intended primarily as an internal
discipline, but he said he considers it 'a positive step for the industry'.
'We do hope other winemakers will be encouraged to adopt
less interventionist practices and rely less upon an alphabet soup of
additives to "improve" their wines.'
More than 200 additives to wine are allowed by the US government.
There are no such laws in India at the present time. Wine producers are
at liberty to use whatever they use in making the wine or while describing
on the label.
Source: http://www.decanter.com
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