Arsenic case against US wineries thrown out

A case against several leading Californian wine brands alleging that their wines contain “extremely elevated” levels of arsenic has been dismissed by a judge.

Lawyers representing four plaintiffs in the case of Doris Charles et. al. vs. The Wine Group, Inc., et. al. filed the lawsuit on 19 March 2015 against 28 producers including Treasury Wine Estates, Trinchero, Fetzer Vineyards and Bronco. It claimed that the wineries were violating state law by “knowingly” producing, marketing and selling wines with traces of inorganic arsenic up to 500% more than what is considered the maximum acceptable limit in California.

At the time, the Californian Wine Institute branded the case an “irresponsible publicity campaign”….