"Mike Tommasi" wrote in message
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The question is, why is wine the only exception to the notion that all
food products should be labelled with a list of ingredients.

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I hope you don't mind my snip. Your question started with 'why' and I
suggest that it might be because the wine producing community is influential
enough to pressure governments to let it lie/ leave wine alone. Rothschild
doesn't just look after (albeit vast) vineyards, afterall. Just a glib
thought but relevant, I think.
Your average consumer is about as likely to know Tartrazine as s/he is
Potassium Metabisulphate or Nicotine but once it's on the label some of us
might make the effort to find out. I think that not confusing the customer
ain't a reason. Oh no, business as usual. Most wine production is about
sales/ profit (my own being an exception: I can't give it away ;-() and as
such should be understood or read like any product. Hmm....
..........Co- Op mushy peas no longer contain tartrazine, Marlboro 'Nicotine
Delivery System' cigarettes ain't selling like they were last year and
Sainsbury's sell organic food.
I'd like to go on but some of you might be pleased to know that it's bedtime
here.

Regards
Sammy