Fun Wine Quiz 9. What are sulfites? A natural preservative found in many foods; extra has been added to wine for centuries to allow it to age. Correct! Sulfites are found in many plants to help preserve the plants. It has been used for thousands of years as a natural preservative and aging medium for wine. Without sulfites, wine goes bad rather quickly and can't age properly. Small crystals found in the bottom of some bottles of wine, quite harmless to drink Wrong! You're thinking of tartaric crystals, which are indeed harmless but have nothing to do with sulfites. An artifical flavoring ingredient which helps wine taste better Wrong! Sulfites do not add to the flavor of a wine, only strange fruits like blackberry do that :) Try again! An additive to help the cork not get moldy Wrong! Sulfites don't do anything for cork-mold. Chlorine can help with that, or best of all, artificial corks are helping stop corked bottles of wine. Race to the last Question 10!
