Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!

[thermie crew]

I'm beginning to notice that lots of the dips and sauces in the recipe book use white wine vinegar. All of the bottles found in the supermarket had sulphar dioxide in (as of course so does wine which it's made from). My daughter is intolerant to additives, including this one, which is why I want to make my own dips and sauces in the first place!

Does anyone have a good suggestion for me to try, which will hopefully make these recipes taste similar?

Thanks

[achookwoman]

thermie crew,  I have the same problem.  I use fresh lemon juice or lime juice, even though it tastes a bit different.

[cookie1]

I thought verjuice, but it has sulphur dioxide too.

[thermie crew]

Thanks for your quick replies. I've already made the mistake of buying verjuice-recommended as a good wine substitute in the risotto recipe but yes, did discover it too has sulphar dioxide! That was a waste of $10. I have an unopened bottle if anyone wants it!

I'll give the lemon juice a go. Or just gobble up all of the dips by myself 

[judydawn]

Give someone a basket of goodies for Christmas thermie crew and add your bottle of verjuice to it.

[zebraa]

I use organic apple cider vinegar for most of mine for the very reason that it doesn't have any 220 in it.

[Tebasile]

I use organic apple cider vinegar for most of mine for the very reason that it doesn't have any 220 in it.

Mee too.  Organic ACV, that states on the label it contains the mother .... or ume vinegar , which comes from natural fermination juices when pickling ume plums with sea salt .....or lemon juice.

White vinegar is made from the by-products of the petroleum industry.
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-13-ask-umbra-on-avoiding-crude-oil-in-vinegar/

[thermie crew]

Great idea on the gift Judydawn.

And apple cide vinegar sounds like a great substitute to try. Thanks zebraa and Tebasile. May be worth a try for you too achookwoman.

[andiesenji]

I don't know how it is in Australia but here we can buy white and other wines that are free of sulfur dioxide.  My local health food store carried four different brands.
I've used that wine to make my own vinegar, with a purchased vinegar "mother" from a brewing supply shop. 

[achookwoman]

Thanks everyone,  I'll try that.

[zebraa]

good idea andj. I know you can get 'mother' from milewa mustards in Aus and just source and non-preserv wine.

I had a recipe younks ago that was basically 3/4 wine and 1/4 vinegar with live mother (so the organic apple cider stuff) and mix and let sit for a month and you end up with red wine vinegar. I must do that actually.

[andiesenji]

A local wine "super store"  BevMo, carries several organic wines, and two are from Australia.

Here's a link from their newsletter:
Real Australian Wines

[achookwoman]

Thanks for all that info, I bought a bottle of organic apple vinegar,   Most of the Australian organic wines we have tried have been pretty awful to drink. Someone suggested the wine with a little sugar

[thermie crew]

I've stuck to the apple cider vinegar too. It's lovely to know I can make my own wine vinegar but it sounds like too much work when I only need a tablespoon here and a tablespoon there. Good on all of those of you who do