Wine

[penanglad]

Is it true that cow blood is added to red wine to made it colour deeper?

[evedawn]

WHAAAAAT? I have never ehard that one. I'm by no means a viticulturist but I don't think that is true... I was told that blood is added to bovril / marmite too... but i think thats a fallcy also...or at least i hope so.

Mayeb someone out there disagrees and can put us both right reagrding the wine / marmite theory?

[ojread2]

some one is pulling your angland!

Unless you or they beleive the wine also refered to as Bulls Blood has cow blood in it??

[burston]

I sincerely hope not as its my favourite tipple, I remember as a kid we always had black pudding at home , not knowing what it was until my now husband told me and I havnt touched it since. So please dont do the same with wine !

[paulos66]

Apparently it used to:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/sto ry/0,,2065118,00.html

[heathfield]

i was working in Italy in the early 70s when a storm broke over one of the country's leading and most respected wine companies who, after a poor grape harvest, were caught putting cattle blood in their red wine and ammonia in their white wine.
The public temporarily lost confidence in the Italian wine industry, and the government had to introduce new classifications for wines with even stricter controls.