Dark Secrets in Many Wines

Ever notice that wine bottles don't have an ingredient list?

There's a good reason for that! The wine industry successfully spends millions of dollars lobbying elected officials to keep contents and nutritional labeling off of wine. Did you know it's the only major food group without a content label? That’s because the industry doesn’t want us to know what is really in your favorite bottle of red or white, Wellness Mama Reports.

Experts also learned that nearly all the wines produced and sold commercially are industrially farmed with chemicals and produced with dangerous and unhealthy additives in the winemaking process. This includes the use of genetically modified commercial yeast (GMO) in fermentation as well as dyes like Mega Purple and Ultra Red. Additionally, lab tests found trace amounts of glyphosate in almost every mass produced U.S. made wine!

 
Alcohol and sugar on the rise?!!

 There is a discovery in a research that not only is the annual consumption of alcohol growing, but the alcohol levels found in wines are on the increase too! These days, a lot of wines are most commonly 14%-17%+ alcohol by volume, or ABV. Spirits are 40%-50% ABV.

Before the 1970’s almost all wines were in the 12% range. The industry began producing higher alcohol wines intentionally. They are more addictive, and are marketed as more “valuable.” The American Association of Wine Economists tested the alcohol levels of tens of thousands of wines between 1992 and 2009. They saw a surprising trend. Alcohol levels jumped from an average of 12.7% in 1992 to 13.8% in 2009. Today, it’s over 14%. In fact, it is not uncommon to see 17%+ in commercial wines.

Because this increase is much greater than can be explained by any change in climate, the researchers concluded that “the rise in alcohol content is primarily man-made”. This means wine producers are making higher alcohol wines on purpose. This typically involves adding sugars to the fermentation process, as well as sugar to the almost finished wine. This process is called chaptalization and it increases the sweetness and alcohol content of the finished product.

Below is how to Find Additive-Free, Low-Alcohol Wine

As I mentioned earlier, wine has been shown to have many health benefits. It contains polyphenols and antioxidants and can be beneficial in moderation but not when it is full of additives, sugar, and extra alcohol.

A few years ago, a lot people who know this were ready to ditch wine for good because it was so hit-or-miss to find a good one, and they were  tired of headaches and red teeth (from the dyes in wine). Then, research led them to Dry Farm Wines, a company that carefully sources and tests wines from all over the world to find high-quality, low-alcohol, sugar and additive free wines.