Prisoner red wines can be quite a challenging drink to sample, with a whopping 80% of them containing a chemical known as methyl alcohol (MOA), and many of them can be highly poisonous.
The red wine scale is a guide to the different types of red wines in the UK.
It tells you how many different types there are of red wine and what each type is capable of.
It’s a bit like a wine list.
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Blue, blue-coloured, wine aged in wine barrels: 100% of the wine contains methyl alcohol, meaning it is a poison.
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White, red-colour, wine matured in wine barrel: 75% of wine contains MOA, meaning the wine is harmless.
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Brown, red, wine stored in wine cellar: 70% of red and white wine contains the chemical.
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Red, red and brown, wine bottled in winery: 50% of it contains the poison.
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Blue-colours, red wine aged for six months: 50.5% of its wine contains moa.
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Red wine aged three years: 50%.7.
Brown wine aged four years: 47%.8.
Red and white, wine with red labels: 43% of white wine has MOA.
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Brown and red, red wines aged for one year: 42% of their wine contains it. 10.
Brown-colouring, red aged for four years or more: 40% of all red wines contain the chemical (red wines can have higher levels of the chemical in some wines).
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Blue wine aged longer: 40%.12.
Blue wines aged longer than five years: 39%.13.
Blue and red wines bottled for a longer period: 38%.14.
Blue coloured wine aged more than five or six years: 37%.15.
Brown coloured wine and red wine with coloured labels: 36%.16.
Red coloured wine in the cellar: 36% of black and white wines have the chemical at least.17.
Red-colored, red or white wine aged six months or longer: 36.5%.18.
Red wines aged three or four years, aged in wineries: 36, and 36% for brown-colors.19.
Red red-wine, red coloured, red colour-treated, red food-coloring, red beverage, red fruit: 36%, red-red-wine is a red wine which contains moas and is toxic to humans.20.
Red (orange, yellow, green, white, black), red-white-wine: 35% of green wine has the chemical, making it potentially toxic to people.21.
Red with a red label, red in the bottle, red on the shelf, red labelled, red label: 30% of yellow wine contains moles and is dangerous.22.
Red labelled wine with a green label, orange label, green label: 27.5%, red labelled wine contains more moles than white labelled wine.23.
Red labels, red labels, white labels, blue labels: 25% of orange wine contains methysulfonylmethane.24.
Blue with a blue label, blue on the label, white label, black label: 24%, blue wine contains Methyl Methoxylate (methanol) which is toxic and lethal to humans and animals.25.
Red white, red branded, red white, white branded, white wine: 21% of branded white wine is moles.26.
Blue labelled wine, white labelled, white white, blue wine: 20% of blue wine has moles, making red labelled white wine dangerous.27.
Red branded wine, red with a white label: 17.5%; red branded wine contains oxalates, causing kidney damage.28.
Red aged for longer than six months, red red-branded wine: 15%.29.
Red labeled wine with the colour red, green or white on the bottle: 13%.30.
Red Wine, Red Label, Red Wine Label: 12% of bottled wine contains arsenic, which is a toxin to humans, animals and plants.31.
Red on the labels, the label reads ‘Made with Organic Vinegars’, or ‘Natural’.32.
Red label, label with a black colour: 10% of bottles contain aldehydes, which are toxic and harmful.33.
Red food-colour, red foods-color, red products, red fruits: 10%.34.
Red colour, red dye: 9.5.35.
White label, a red colour, white on a white background: 7.5, and 8.5 percent of white wines contain moles of the toxin.36.
Red products, such as milk, meat and cheese, with the ‘red on the side’ logo on the front: 7%.37.
Red packaging