Autoclave bottlesI've been heat sterilizing all my bottles for wine & beer for the past 3+ years, and have never had one...
I did diagnose myself. How I concluded that my headaches are from sulfites is that I don't get the headaches from any other alcohol, I do get headaches from wines with sulfites, and when I was in Southern Italy I did not get headaches from the sulfite free wine made in the basements of the restaurants I ate at. How do they do it without sulfites? Take a huge risk and dump lots of wine? How long have sulfites been added to wine? This isn't a primary objective of mine so I don't want to focus too heavily on it... but if it can be done without sulfites and is reasonably convenient, I will. As an example, homebrewers are super anal about sanitization.. but if you tried to make beer without using any of our modern sanitizers you could with little risk of infective. People have been making beer and wine for thousands of years.
Interesting. Good points.
I have the patience. I like to cold condition my brew for 6 months before drinking.. but sometimes impatience does win over. :)
Just like homebrew kits. Totally lame. Those lies are what make people think homebrew-wine sucks. Thanks.
Thanks on all of the answers. Can't wait to get myself going on the wine... even though it will be a while before I start drinking any of it. More reason to start soon!
Scott
