Filtration makes a wine brighter and clearer by removing excess sediment and haze. Some wineries may decide not to filter their wines because they feel that the unfiltered wines taste better and have superior mouthfeel. There is no single correct answer; winemakers decide for themselves what is right for their product. Some red wines are filtered; some are not.

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In a British Columbia article titled “Where’s the Organic Wine?” the author says:

Conventional wine may also be produced naturally, or may include more than a dozen additives, such as synthetic yeasts, sulphite preservatives and taste and appearance enhancers. Natural, organic methods rely on cultured, not genetically modified yeast for initial fermentation.

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“Do your wines contain sulfites? My friend is very allergic and she’ll go into shock if she drinks wine containing sulfites.”

That’s enough to scare me silly. All I need is to have a gasping, cyanotic customer on the floor. “Well, uh,” I stammer, “then perhaps she’d better not have any, just in case.” And I pull the glass back.

He hangs on to the glass. “So your wines do have sulfites, then?”

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As one of the most historically significant beverages in the world, wine holds a special place in the hearts of many people. For a select few, the ancient art form of wine making can take their appreciation and love of the liquid to a whole otherlevel, resulting in amazing and delicious results. Though there have been many scientific advances in winemaking, that havebeen adopted by larger vintners that produce vast quantities of wine every year, the basicprocess of making wine has remained largely unchanged for the last nine thousand or so years.

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Wine making is an ancient art which was started in 6000BC. Wine making first became popular in Greece, Rome and Egypt. There are basically two types for wine making. One is the still wine making while the other is the sparkling wine making. The processes for each kind have a few common points but at the same point differ a little as well. It was discovered that wine making started in the early Bronze Age. Wine making was also first established in Georgia and Iran where archaeologists have discovered remnants of crushed grapes.

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