Further to a recent blog on wine labelling, this explains why some wine brands seem to show all ingredients and others do not. There is a cut off date based on when the wine was produced of 30 June 2012. Wine produced before this date doesn't need to be labelled but after this date is should be. Here is the latest from the Food Standards Agency: "COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) … [Read more...]
Should a dairy allergic drink wine containing milk?
You might think wine containing milk is a crazy idea. Milk and wine don't mix! No they do not... but recently I discovered, after sharing a bottle of white wine from The Co-op, that this wine did indeed have a warning label declaring quite clearly that it contained MILK. The ingredient used was potassium caseinate (from milk), which according to wine manufactures is processed … [Read more...]