Issue |
BIO Web Conf.
Volume 9, 2017
40th World Congress of Vine and Wine
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Article Number | 02028 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Oenology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20170902028 | |
Published online | 04 July 2017 |
Methanol in wine
1
FIVS, 18 rue d'Aguesseau, 75008
Paris, France
2
Australian Wine Research Institute, Hartley Grove, Urrbrae SA 5064, Australia
This paper examines the origins of methanol in grape wine and the quantities typically found in it, as well as in other foods such as unpasteurised fruit juices. The toxicology of methanol and the associated regulatory limits established by competent authorities in various parts of the world are also considered. It is concluded that such limits are not driven by public health considerations and thus authorities are requested to consider the need for methanol analyses to be performed and reported on certificates of analysis as a condition of market entry for wine. Where methanol limits are still deemed to be necessary to achieve policy objectives, authorities are encouraged to establish them in the light of the levels of methanol typically found in grape wines produced by the full array of internationally permitted winemaking practices, and to consider harmonising their limits with those that have already been established by other governments or recommended by appropriate intergovernmental organisations.
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