Wine

[gbt]

I'm not that familiar with wine, but I've often read over the years that most wines are safe for us Celiacs, so I recently bought a bottle of Montinore 2005 pinot gris. I called the company just to make absolutely certain it was gluten-free and that no cross contamination issues were involved, and I got a rather confusing answer. The woman on the phone (who sounded half-asleep and totally ignorant of what gluten even was ) told me they didn't add any gluten to the wine, but when I pushed a little she said "well we add yeast but no gluten...only the winemaker would really know for sure and he's not here." She then put me on hold for a second and came back to say there was no gluten, but I still don't trust her knowledge on this one. I read that yeast CAN contain gluten, and since I know now that yeast is in there, I'm not sure what to do. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[mamaw]

Some wines have a preservative in them that is not gluten-free.....We make our own wines so I'm sure I'm not getting any.........

[Kaycee]

Tell me what is the preservative that is not gluten free, so I know what to look out for. The one I am currently drinking has 220 which is sulphur dioxide. I can't see anywhere where that would have gluten.

Catherine

[gbt]

Are these preservatives listed on wine labels? Up until now I had assumed all wines were gluten-free until I further researched and discovered otherwise.

[gfp]

Technically yeast does NOT contain gluten.... its an organism HOWEVER... it can be grown (cultured) using gluten containing products hence CC can occur.....

As far as wines go I try and stick to naturally infected ones where the yeast is NOT added to the wine but is naturally occuring in the soil, vines and walls of the winery.