Even 90% of French Wines Contaminated with Heavy PesticidesHeather Callaghan This must be an unfortunate black eye for the worlds Wine Country for another reason as wine connoisseurs can tell you everything affects the taste of wine everything. Even a hint of a flower fragrance in the air that season adds nuance. If getting a piece of cork in the bottle can ruin it, imagine what heavy pesticide dousing can do to the flavor when its in the crushed grapes themselves. Health and quality are more important than taste, but imagine what can happen to the wine industry if this isnt ameliorated. Excell laboratories organized a conference to talk about new perspectivesin growing. In January, the EU called for changes in pesticide use to protect declining bee colonies. Frances government plans to halve the amount of pesticides by 2018 but expect mega opposition from the ag industry. There is no list of brands to look for and no definite date for the positive changes so we cant really be sure of French wines made in the last few years or so. Look for the words Vin Biologique or Organic Wine on foreign labels. Check out this infographic on buying organic wine. In the meantime, it might be better to pursue organic American brands. Michigan, in fact, is becoming a booming wine valley thanks to the Lake effect, more people are starting and visiting wineries there after reading wine cooler reviews. There is more demand for local cuisine. Still have to watch that fluoride if city water is used in the processing. Here are three all natural hangover remedies that might even help with possible pesticide exposure. There is also one unnatural remedy that can combat the effects of the sulfites and perhaps pesticide exposure if you are sensitive to those substances. 