What type of wine does your parish use for the celebration of the Mass?

[otjm]

I live a few miles from the Oregon wine country and don’t need to look it up - you are spot on.

And bock beer is not made from the bottom of the fermenter, while we are at it.

 

[FrDavid96]

Duesenberg:

As long as it’s grape wine, it’s good to go.

Is it? I believe that the episcopal conference in my country requires that the grapes must not be from foreign import and that no additives (colorings, aromas, sweeteners etc.) may be used during the manufacturing process, plus a bunch of technical conditions I don’t understand since I’m not a viticulturist.

It has to be more than just “grape wine.” it must be purely grape wine, naturally fermented, and nothing else added (no sugars, juices, etc.)

Modern day preservatives can be added ONLY because they are added in such minuscule amounts that they don’t affect the final product. Nothing else can be added.

The prohibition against using imported grapes has nothing to do with a valid wine as such. My guess is that there’s something about the importing process that makes the grapes unreliable, so the bishops don’t want to take a chance. Your country might have import laws that require grapes to be washed in such a way that it would make them questionable for use as altar wine, or maybe it’s the opposite that they start to ferment if they travel long distances. In any case, such a prohibition against imported grapes is a practical one–there is no spiritual or theological reason for requiring locally grown grapes or even locally made wine.

 

[otjm]

However, to answer Lord’s Daughter question: the church does allow what is called “mustum”; this is a wine in which the fermentation has just started, and then is stopped; thus is it a very low alcohol wine, often below 1%. This may be used by priests who are alcohol intolerant.

 

[FrDavid96]

I live a few miles from the Oregon wine country and don’t need to look it up - you are spot on.

And bock beer is not made from the bottom of the fermenter, while we are at it.

And vikings didn’t really wear horns on their helmets…

 

[Cruciferi]

I never partake of the Precious Blood. I got a cold from it once. Everyone sharing germs again I’ve only ever seen red wine used

 

[Duesenberg]

Is it? I believe that the episcopal conference in my country requires that the grapes must not be from foreign import and that no additives (colorings, aromas, sweeteners etc.) may be used during the manufacturing process, plus a bunch of technical conditions I don’t understand since I’m not a viticulturist.

Foreign wines are fine. Liquids cannot be sold as “wine” around here (California and I believe the rest of the USA) if they have “colorings, aromas, sweeteners etc.” They have to be sold as other alcoholic drinks.

Almost all wine today has some level of sulfides added to it as a preservative which is allowed by the Church.

 

[Duesenberg]

However, to answer Lord’s Daughter question: the church does allow what is called “mustum”; this is a wine in which the fermentation has just started, and then is stopped; thus is it a very low alcohol wine, often below 1%. This may be used by priests who are alcohol intolerant.

The Church allows as I answered. It does not allow the general use of mustum for the celebration of the Mass.

 

[otjm]

ROFL!

 

[otjm]

You did seem a bit cryptic.

 

[Duesenberg]

You did seem a bit cryptic.

And your retort is false. A celebrating (not concelebrating) priest may use mustum with his bishop’s permission. He may not use the mustum for everyone in attendance. You are wrong.