Comments on: “Warning: Contains Sulfites”

By: Thirsty Reader

Thirsty Reader — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:23:39 +0000

Thanks for the additional info. If you got the impression that I was against sulfites, that wasn’t my message at all. EDIT: Okay, I think you were responding to another comment and not my article. It all makes sense now. Cheers!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:58:58 +0000

By your logic, Peanuts, which TWICE as many people are alergic to (and severely so, not just sensitive) should be banned.

Sulfites help prevent biogenic amines (histamine, and tyramine – which can kill people through andrenic shock) in wine production. SO2 is one of the safest preservatives on earth, no one has come up with a better one yet.

I am sorry you happen to be the one in a million (literally) that are alergic to sulfites. Be kind to the rest of us who would like to have a safe healthful beverage.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:38:25 +0000

Hey you need to be very careful when advising people on alergies. I have recently come down with symptoms that are very frightening. I am 54 years old and have never spent a day in a hospital. Doctor visits only for injuries and one or two times in my life for flu virus. i began having asthmatic like symptoms along with other problems and it took me 5 months to narrow it down to sulphites. I can drink 6 ounces of good vodka with out felling it the next morning but one glass of wine or beer and I will wake up with tight chest and throat, dificulty breathing, itchy burning eyes and nausea. It is very difficult to test for sulfite allergy and most of us are not counted in the surveys. You are right food contains all kinds of sulfites but wine and beer have enough to cause severe reactions. i can drink “our daily red” wine that states no sulfites detected on the label with little reaction. Sulfites are a “bad guy” and added sulfites are much more problematic than the ones that occur naturally in wine and beer fermentation. Sulfites are a terrible food additive and need to be banned.

By: Prowinewoman

Prowinewoman — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:06:21 +0000

I wish more people would read this and learn that their chances of being affected by sulfites in wine is really slim-to-none. I tell them it’s like an eye dropper in a swimming pool!

When I’ve heard many people state that they don’t get these infamous “headaches” when they visit Europe, I point out that one factor may be the extreme difference in alcohol levels of new-world vs. old-world wines. If one were to consume 3 glasses of Bordeaux with 12% alcohol, and compare that to drinking 3 glasses of Napa Cab with 15%+ alcohol, there will obviously be a different bodily reaction with the higher alcohol, i.e. headaches. You posted some other good possible reasons, too. Sulfites are not the bad guy!