The modern era

The modern era

From the 17th to the 19th century, although sulfur was often dispensed with, the wine was

wine with lead oxide (mostly done by the merchants). Highly toxic, it decimated those consumers who could afford the expensive commodity of wine in larger quantities: Nobles and higher-ranking citizens.

Sulfur was thus the means of preserving wine when it had to be transported as a commodity.

as a commodity. This was not the case with home consumption: a household made itself

a certain amount of unsulfured wine in the fall or got it from the neighbor. Until

the warmer days came in spring, the barrel was drunk up and the preservation problem (keyword vinegar) was not beating.