looking for Max about about austrian wines being doctored in 1983-84-85

Max Leimer wrote:
> looking for Max about about austrian wines being doctored in 1983-84-85

Max Hauser? He hasn't posted here in a few years, though he can still
be found on eGullet, I think. If you're looking for information on the
Austrian wine scandal, see the Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Di...l_Wine_Scandal

Max's point was that diethylene glycol is really no more toxic than
ethanol, which of course is present in every wine you drink, but that
people conflated it with ethylene glycol, a far more toxic substance.

Mark Lipton

Mike Tommasi wrote:

> A little like the attempted cyanide poisoning of the water system in
> Rome in 2002. It was potassium ferricyanide, which has pretty low
> toxicity. But for the press the word cyanide was in there and that was
> good enough.
>

Indeed, Mike. Potassium ferricyanide is safe enough that it was
included in the chemistry set that I had as a child. Of course, these
days all "chemicals" are bad, so ipso facto it must be nasty shit

Mark Lipton

I'm interested in attending the austrian wine academy in Rust, does anyone have tips or any info at all i'm confused about the degree you graduate with.