Filed in archive
Organic Wine
by Carol Bancroft on October 11, 2007
People with sulfite sensitivities might be interested in the wine pick of the week at SeattlePI.com: 2006 Amity Vineyards Eco-Wine Pinot Noir Willamette Valley. "Eco-Wine" is the company's trademarked name for their self-proclaimed "sulfite free" organic wines. Now, technically the wines do have sulfites that occur as a natural by-product of fermentation, but in trace amounts that can not be detected during tests. Why are sulfites such a big deal to people? The article states:
Sulfites have been used for centuries to stabilize wines and purify barrels. They also occur naturally during fermentation. Because a small percentage of people have an asthmalike reaction to the substance (sorry, but it is not the cause of headaches), a warning label has been required on wines containing more than a certain amount. Less than that amount and no label is required.
Eco-Wine labels are not required to bear the dreaded "Contains Sulfites" warning, and instead are able to boast, "No Detectable Sulfites. At any rate, the Pinot Noir was described as:
Plump and juicy with layers of interesting red and black fruit and hints of spice. Try it with roasted duck, turkey or salmon.
The ECO-Pinot Noir recently won a gold medal at the Oregon State Fair, beating out 207 other wines from across the state. The wine retails for $23. Amity Vineyards has other ECO offerings available as well:
- 2006 ECO•WINE® Stater Vineyard Pinot Blanc/Chardonnay - $15
- 2006 ECO•WINE® Stater Vineyard Gamay Noir - $20
- 2006 ECO•WINE® Meadows Vineyard Marchal Foch - $20
For more information, visit Amity Vineyards online.
Permalink: Eco-Wine Pinot Noir
Tags:
organicwine
sulfitefreewine
lowsulfitewine
pinotnoir
amityvineyards
wine
pinot+noir
wine+pinot
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/96137
Addthis
Ask
Blinklist
del.icio.us
Digg
Fark
Facebook
Google
Lycos
Ma.gnolia
Mr Wong
Netscape
Netvousz
Newsvine
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Slashdot
Tailrank
Technorati
Wink
Yahoo
Vote for Eco-Wine Pinot Noir:
|
Rating: 8.00 out of 2 vote(s) cast.
|
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS |  See all blog subscribe options |
 What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |
