Stay calm and don’t stop drinking wine, just yet.
Last week a class action lawsuit was filed accusing California winemakers of knowingly producing wine contaminated with arsenic in levels exceeding California regulations.
USA Today reported that testing was done at a Denver lab where 1,306 different types of wine were evaluated. They found 83 wines with “dangerously elevated” levels of inorganic arsenic. Two other labs confirmed the results. A list of the wines with the lowest levels of arsenic was posted on the lab’s website.
According to the lawsuit, some wines contained arsenic levels that exceeded the safe daily intake limit by 500 percent.
The Wine Institute has countered that the lawsuit is “false and misleading,” issuing a statement that said, in part, “Arsenic is prevalent in the natural environment in air, soil and water, and in food. There is no research that shows that the amounts found in wine pose a health risk to consumers.”
For those who enjoy a class of wine or two, below is the list of wines. You can learn more about the lawsuit here, at a site created by the litigating attorneys.
- Acronym’s GR8RW Red Blend 2011
- Almaden’s Heritage White Zinfandel
- Almaden’s Heritage Moscato
- Almaden’s Heritage White Zinfandel
- Almaden’s Heritage Chardonnay
- Almaden’s Mountain Burgundy
- Almaden’s Mountain Rhine
- Almaden’s Mountain Chablis
- Arrow Creek’s Coastal Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
- Bandit’s Pinot Grigio
- Bandit’s Chardonnay
- Bandit’s Cabernet Sauvignon
- Bay Bridge’s Chardonnay
- Beringer’s White Merlot 2011
- Beringer’s White Zinfandel 2011
- Beringer’s Red Moscato
- Beringer’s Refreshingly Sweet Moscato
- Charles Shaw White Zinfandel 2012
- Colores del Sol’s Malbec 2010
- Glen Ellen by Concannon’s Glen Ellen REserve Pinot Grigio 2012
- Concannon’s Selected Vineyards Pinot Noir 2011
- Glen Ellen by Concannon’s Glen Ellen Reserve Merlot 2010
- Cook’s Spumante
- Corbett Canyon’s Pinot Grigio
- Corbett Canyon’s Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cupcake’s Malbec 2011
- Fetzer’s Moscato 2010
- Fetzer’s Pinot Grigio 2011
- Fisheye Pinot Grigio 2012
- Flipflop’s Pinot Grigio 2012
- Flipflop’s Moscato
- Flipflop’s Cabernet Sauvignon
- Foxhorn’s White Zinfandel
- Franzia’s Vintner Select White Grenache
- Franzia’s Vintner Select White Zinfandel
- Franzia’s Vintner Select White Merlot
- Franzia’s Vintner Select Burgundy
- Hawkstone’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
- HRM Rex Goliath’s Moscato
- Korbel’s Sweet Rose Sparkling Wine
- Korbel’s Extra Dry Sparkling Wine
- Menage a Trois’ Pinot Grigio 2011
- Menage a Trois’ Moscato 2010
- Menage a Trois’ White Blend 2011
- Menage a Trois’ Chardonnay 2011
- Menage a Trois’ Rose 2011
- Menage a Trois’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
- Menage a Trois’ California Red Wine 2011
- Mogen David’s Concord
- Mogen David’s Blackberry Wine
- Oak Leaf’s White Zinfandel
- Pomelo’s Sauvignon Blanc 2011
- R Collection by Raymond’s Chardonnay 2012
- Richards Wild Irish Rose’s Red Wine
- Seaglass’s Sauvignon Blanc 2012
- Simply Naked’s Moscato 2011
- Smoking Loon’s Viognier 2011
- Sutter Home’s Sauvignon Blanc 2010
- Sutter Home’s Gewurztraminer 2011
- Sutter Home’s Pink Moscato
- Sutter Home’s Pinot Grigio 2011
- Sutter Home’s Moscato
- Sutter Home’s Chenin Blanc 2011
- Sutter Home’s Sweet Red 2010
- Sutter Home’s Riesling 2011
- Sutter Home’s White Merlot 2011
- Sutter Home’s Merlot 2011
- Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel 2011
- Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel 2012
- Sutter Home’s Zinfandel 2010
- Trapiche’s Malbec 2012
- Tribuno’s Sweet Vermouth
- Vendange’s Merlot
- Vendange’s White Zinfandel
- Wine Cube’s Moscato
- Wine Cube’s Pink Moscato 2011
- Wine Cube’s Pinot Grigio 2011
- Wine Cube’s Pinot Grigio
- Wine Cube’s Chardonnay 2011
- Wine Cube’s Chardonnay
- Wine Cube’s Red Sangria
- Wine Cube’s Sauvignon Blanc 2011
- Wine Cube’s Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz 2011
Note:, Any wines listed without specific years are non-vintage, meaning the grapes used did not come from a single year.
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