Episode 8 - Wine Additives
Sep 14, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
A discussion on some of the weird additives found in wine. Send Us Topics
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Sep 14, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
A discussion on some of the weird additives found in wine. Send Us Topics
So first off, and this has been a big discussion in, uh, US politics, not a big, a big discussion in the wine world, not, not anything else, but the ability, you can add foreign wine-
Mm-hmm
... to-
Mm
... uh-
And that screwed over
...
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
Because you can buy wine from a big, some of the islands off Italy, um, have very big production in wine, and a lot of it is sold as bulk wine shipped here and, and-
Yep
... put into, um, and put into wines here and, and slapped with a Made in USA label, which makes it kinda crazy.
Mm-hmm.
I think they can, and, and don't quote me on this, but I, I wanna say it's, like, 15%.
Yep.
I think you're right.
Up to 15% of your wine can be from another country, and it would still technically be a American-made product.
So-
Yeah
... yeah, a lot of producers, more often than not, larger companies-
Mm-hmm
So first off, and this has been a big discussion in, uh, US politics, not a big, a big discussion in the wine world, not, not anything else, but the ability, you can add foreign wine-
Mm-hmm
... to-
Mm
... uh-
And that screwed over
...
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
Because you can buy wine from a big, some of the islands off Italy, um, have very big production in wine, and a lot of it is sold as bulk wine shipped here and, and-
Yep
... put into, um, and put into wines here and, and slapped with a Made in USA label, which makes it kinda crazy.
Mm-hmm.
I think they can, and, and don't quote me on this, but I, I wanna say it's, like, 15%.
Yep.
I think you're right.
Up to 15% of your wine can be from another country, and it would still technically be a American-made product.
So-
Yeah
... yeah, a lot of producers, more often than not, larger companies-
Mm-hmm
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