http://1800recycling.com/2009/12/organic-biodynamic-wines/ Green is Good. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:43:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://1800recycling.com/2009/12/organic-biodynamic-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Richard Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:40:44 +0000 http://1800recycling.com/?p=2493#comment-715 Lauren - thank you for the nice post! I do feel the need to correct you on a couple points though as it is important that people receive the right information especially as it pertains to wines.. Sulfite is currently allowed to be added into wines made with organic grapes - so in reality sulfite is a certified organic additive. It is also up for debate whether or not sulfur actually causes headaches at all in people as other foods all around us contain more sulfur in mg/l than most wines. It most definitely is not the cause of hangovers. It is probably more due to alcohol than anything else! There is also no evidence that organic wines or biodynamic wines (the dubious practices of BD wines is another whole story in itself) are any safer or healthier than other well-made small production sustainable or artisanal wines. Organic grapes are still sprayed with pesticides albeit ones that are less processed than synthetics - however it as been already shown that some synthetic pesticides might be safer than some certified organic substances such as copper which is used extensively on organic produce. Here's a link that is quite thought-provoking: http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/synthetic-v-natural-pesticides/ Lauren – thank you for the nice post!
I do feel the need to correct you on a couple points though as it is important that people receive the right information especially as it pertains to wines.. Sulfite is currently allowed to be added into wines made with organic grapes – so in reality sulfite is a certified organic additive. It is also up for debate whether or not sulfur actually causes headaches at all in people as other foods all around us contain more sulfur in mg/l than most wines. It most definitely is not the cause of hangovers. It is probably more due to alcohol than anything else! There is also no evidence that organic wines or biodynamic wines (the dubious practices of BD wines is another whole story in itself) are any safer or healthier than other well-made small production sustainable or artisanal wines. Organic grapes are still sprayed with pesticides albeit ones that are less processed than synthetics – however it as been already shown that some synthetic pesticides might be safer than some certified organic substances such as copper which is used extensively on organic produce. Here’s a link that is quite thought-provoking:
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/synthetic-v-natural-pesticides/

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