The burning issue again: sulphur

Author: Britt Karlsson
August 16, 2012

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Author: Britt Karlsson
August 16, 2012

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In our March Brief we wrote that the habit of burning sulphur inside oak barrels to disinfect them is in danger of being banned. Because sulphur tablets are classified as biocides you need an authorization to be allowed to sell them. And this authorization is expensive. Now things look a bit brighter, according to La Vigne. Wine professionals in France, Spain and Portugal have jointly come up with 400 000 euro and an application to the EU Commission in Brussels will now be submitted.

Do we hear a collective sigh of relief from all barrel using producers?

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Britt Karlsson

Maker of World's Top Wine Tours. On WBI's Power List of wine journalists. Wine Profile of the Year 2011. We've been named World's Top Wine Tours by Travel + Leisure Magazine. We've written a wine book that won the award World's Best Wine Book for Professionals and another that's been awarded Best Wine Book in Sweden for Professionals. We had (probably) the first web site on wine in Scandinavia in 1996. We publish one of the most read independent wine newsletters on wine. And lots of other things we're proud of too.

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Britt Karlsson