Correct - the stalks are okay to make wine out of - the leaves are poisonous
to humans. I didn't think the poster was talking about eating the leaves; I
thought we were talking about oxalic acid. When our dog was little, he ate a
bunch of rhubarb leaves. I called the vet, and the vet said not to worry.
I didn't; the dog was fine.
Darlene
Wisconsin

"evilpaul" > wrote in message
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> So the stalks basically aren't poisonous in wine, then? I was pretty
> sure you can't eat the leaves, so I don't see why they'd be used in
> winemaking..
>