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Going without (Part 1)

I'm your lover, I'm your zero-zero! I'm the face in your dreams of glass!

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Jules van Costello
Jan 21, 2024
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This (↑) isn’t sulphur dioxide (aka S02 aka Preservative 220 aka the demon that destroys authenticity in wine). It’s actually a chemical called potassium metabisulfite or K2S2O5 (sounds like the name of a droid in star wars) which, when added to wine, breaks down to create the dreaded, the lauded, the misunderstood sulphur dioxide. To a certain degree, …

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