Italian Wine Under Investigation for Adulteration

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Italian Wine Under Investigation for Adulteration
The adulteration of the cheap wine is a potential health hazard.


Reuters


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Italian authorities are investigating incidents of adulterated wine, prompting the government on Friday to play down fears of another health scare like the one that hit mozzarella cheese last week. A news magazine revealed that police were investigating the cheap end of the market for adding harmful chemicals into wine.
In a separate investigation at the luxury end, 600,000 bottles of vintage Brunello di Montalcino have been seized by investigators who suspect winemakers used grapes other than Sangiovese, the only ingredient allowed in the Tuscan wine, a favourite of U.S. connoisseurs, L'Espresso magazine reported.
Police in the far north and south of Italy found evidence that cheap wine was being cut with sugar and sulphuric and hydrochloric acid, L'Espresso said.

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[Food Network Fan]

Wow, Italian wine is supposed to be the best with the perfect climate for wine. They shouldn't need to do such things.

[ibcheft]

Hard times will make people do stupid stuff, and I can see where the market would do such things, our economy is slowly going downhill, unless of course according to the economist your Texas particularly the Houston area. Not so sure about that though I live here and taxes and food prices are going out of site.

[Food Network Fan]

The story says that's not the issue though ...

Despite record high euro-dollar exchange rates pushing up the price of exports, Italy's wine sector saw its foreign sales rise 12 percent in the first seven months of last year.