Brimstone in the Bottle: Sulfur Compounds in Wine

The word “sulfur”, in my mind, is inexorably linked back to Mr. Burcik’s high school chemistry class

Not tonight, I have a wine headache…

I guess when it comes to avoiding headaches, we can always rely on the old Henny Youngman gag: “Doctor, it hurts when I do this!” “…Then don’t do it!” For now, though, all this medical research is giving me a headache. Time to pop open some wine.

Wine and Sulfites: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Sulfites are not a black and white issue and I am certainly not suggesting that all wines should be made with no added sulfites. What I am enthusiastic about is breaking through the industry myth that wines made with minimal sulfites are of a lesser quality or are only for short term drinking.