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Low-suplhite white wine
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Low-suplhite white wine
I would like to buy a bottle of Sparkling White Wine that's low in sulphites (sp....sulfite??) if I can, but I'm struggling to find one on the high-street.
I'm hoping that someone here may be more knowledgeable than me in this area, and might please help me find one?
I'd prefer not to have to use mail-order, so a supermarket would be best if possible, and I would prefer Sparkling White if possible too, although a Still White would be acceptable in the absence of a Sparkling option.
Has anyone got any experience in this area of the high-street wine-market?
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
I'm hoping that someone here may be more knowledgeable than me in this area, and might please help me find one?
I'd prefer not to have to use mail-order, so a supermarket would be best if possible, and I would prefer Sparkling White if possible too, although a Still White would be acceptable in the absence of a Sparkling option.
Has anyone got any experience in this area of the high-street wine-market?
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
I've no experience of it, but you may find some if you look for "natural wine", which seems to be an in-thing these days.
Apologies if you knew this already.
Scott.
Apologies if you knew this already.
Scott.
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
swill453 wrote:
I've no experience of it, but you may find some if you look for "natural wine", which seems to be an in-thing these days.
Apologies if you knew this already.
Yes, apologies Scott, I should have said in my earlier post that I've been on the lookout specifically for 'organic' type wines, having read that these are likely to be low-sulphite, but I've simply not been able to find anything suitable.
I think this is largely down to the poor bottle-labelling and shelf-labelling in the supermarkets that I've visited, and the minute and stylised typefaces used on the bottle-labels. I must have inspected hundreds of bottles over the past week or so, and before giving up I thought I'd ask for some help from the experts here.
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
Here is a website that lists wines as organic, sulphite free or low sulphite.
As they say it is usually the smaller producers who don't add sulphite.
Another word to look out for on labels is "biodynamic" which is organic and usually low sulphite.
John
As they say it is usually the smaller producers who don't add sulphite.
Another word to look out for on labels is "biodynamic" which is organic and usually low sulphite.
John
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
I am also looking for this and couldnt find a single one when I was in Morrisons earlier
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
Who cares - after a bottle of proseco, a bottle of Wolfblass Chardonnay (ugh) and various other apellations I don't really give a fig. We can't get rid of people we wouldn't normally entertain ----- what you end up doing for the good of the community. I've got to go back and pretend to be ionterested in the most boring of subjects. For those of you who give a damn please keep your fingers crossed that I don't speak my mind.
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
Rhyd6 wrote:
Who cares....
I care....
Rhyd6 wrote:
Apologies if I've hi-jacked your post but I'm cheesed off with being polite to objectionable people because we need a large sum of money to keep our community centre up and running.
Thanks Rhyd.
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Re: Low-suplhite white wine
Itsallaguess wrote:I would like to buy a bottle of Sparkling White Wine that's low in sulphites (sp....sulfite??) if I can, but I'm struggling to find one on the high-street.
I'm hoping that someone here may be more knowledgeable than me in this area, and might please help me find one?
I'd prefer not to have to use mail-order, so a supermarket would be best if possible, and I would prefer Sparkling White if possible too, although a Still White would be acceptable in the absence of a Sparkling option.
Has anyone got any experience in this area of the high-street wine-market?
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
Hi Itsallaguess,
My advice would be to go to a good high street wine merchant who will be able to help. Forget the supermarkets who are pretty useless with anything slightly out of the ordinary, with the possible exception of M&S - they have organic still whites that may partially meet your requirements. Sparkling is more difficult but not impossible because I've tried both natural and organic prosecco (the former being cloudy!). I've also had some very nice organic Cremant D'Alsace in the past and there are organic champagnes available.
If the wine is for someone other than yourself (maybe a Xmas present) then I'd stick to low sulfite/organic and avoid the sulfite free/natural route as these wines are often not to everyone's taste. For a wine head, natural wines can be "interesting" to taste but not every wine drinker wants something that challenges their palate, in the same way that most people would rather listen to Adele than Einsturzende Neubauten!
If you live in Surrey (like most Liverpool fans ) then you will not be far from Les Caves de Pyrene which is just south of Guildford. You'll not find a better range or source of such wines in the UK. Here's their sparkling wine range which contains Champagne, Prosecco and Franciacorta:
https://shop.lescaves.co.uk/lescaves-items?c=Sparkling
Shame H isn't around as he's the best person to ask. However, if you have a decent wine merchant nearby they will be able to help find you something suitable.
All the best, Si
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Re: Low-sulphite white wine
Passing through quickly - pretty much what @simoan said. One of the main reasons for sulphite additions is to stabilise wine and cider - so not adding sulphite is not in the interest of the average supermarket. As well as M&S, Waitrose might have something, I don't know. But proper wine merchants, and especially specialists like Caves are your best bets.
I'd also agree that the no-sulphite wines tend to be "interesting" rather than mass-market as they are generally very dry, the other reason to add sulphite is to stop fermentation before all the sugar is consumed. Grape and apple juice contain mostly simple sugars, so yeast tend to ferment them through to dryness, whereas beer wort has complex carbohydrates that contrbute mouthfeel and sweetness but which can't be eaten by many yeast strains. So you can have off-dry beer without adding sulphites.
I'd also agree that the no-sulphite wines tend to be "interesting" rather than mass-market as they are generally very dry, the other reason to add sulphite is to stop fermentation before all the sugar is consumed. Grape and apple juice contain mostly simple sugars, so yeast tend to ferment them through to dryness, whereas beer wort has complex carbohydrates that contrbute mouthfeel and sweetness but which can't be eaten by many yeast strains. So you can have off-dry beer without adding sulphites.
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