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Learning
what ‘Organic’ means on the wine label
In
winemaking, the term organic can be as vague and misleading as
it is on produce. The wine description that includes the term
organic must be speaking of a wine with the following qualities:
1) A wine made with only organic grapes, and 2) It does not contain
any added sulfates.
However
these criteria set out by the USDA’s department of National
Organic Products (or NOP), may limit the consumer in the end.
Organic Red wine produced with organic grapes will not always
have an organic label. Why? Because of the second stipulation
laid out by NOP, the addition of
sulfates, this organic wine is labeled as just red wine. The reason
organic vintners are forced to add sulfate appears to be the inability
to produce a high quality product without it. The alternatives
to adding sulfates to preserve the natural wine are limited. In
the case of organic white, it is particularly important to preserve
the wine with sulfates. Local organic wine merchants and farmers
can be discriminated against due to the need to produce the wine
without sulfates. Due to these rules even if the wine is cultivated
in a completely organic way, the genuine organic product cannot
be presented to the consumer as such. In turn, the consumer looking
for an organic type of wine may encounter difficulty as the above
criteria can be tricky to maintain.
You
can make your own wines can be achieved in an organic way by looking
for produce with the NOP label. Due to the typically short-term
shelf life of homemade wine, the addition of preservatives is
not necessary. An easy solution to searching for an organic wine
may by ordering wine online. The online wine merchant has done
all the initial legwork of locating the limited organic vintages.
Now all you need decide is which one is right for you.
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