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        I did look at an internet guide to home winemaking after reading
that message saying wine wasn't safe, and found that adding yeast was part
of the process in home winemaking.  However, the yeasts are special ones
(quite possibly the type of yeast mentioned by Sylvia), and very small
amounts are added--just 1 gram (1/28 of an ounce!) per gallon.  Even for
wine made that way, wouldn't there have to be quite a bit of gluten
contaminating that 1/28 ounce of yeast per gallon to cause a problem even
for a very sensitive celiac?

Sydney from Seattle

-----Original Message-----

>Wine is not safe because the yeast used in fermenting the wine may contain
>gluten.  Best to take grape juice unless you know the brand of wine used is
>GF.

This must be a misunderstanding. The yeast that ferments wine grows
naturally on the grapes, it is not added by the vintner. During the
prohibition people bought grape juice, which had all its yeast bacteria
killed by pasteurization, and made wine by adding sugar and yeast, but this
is not a respectable way of making wine.