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Hi Lynn
Actually, I do like and occasionally drink (when I can find it locally ) Gainey's 
Riesling. It is my naturalpathic doctor in Malibu who told me that the mold was actually 
an allergy irritant and that I would be better with distilled liquor such as vodka or 
tequila :-) BUT I don't ALWAYS listen to everything my doctor tells me and do 
occasionally imbibe. Yet the mold was not the deterrent to me-- it was the rat feces that 
he said was frequently part of the blend. Now my daughter works for high end Justin 
Winery and I'm sure they would say this is not possible in the US (perhaps only where 
they still stomp on grapes with bare feet???) AND I do eat a LOT of cheese and have 
needed the "..cillins" in the past for infections so I am not really an 
anti-mold crusader ;-)
Perhaps sometime we will have to meet at Gainey's in Santa Ynez Valley and 
drink the mold :-)
On the horsey subject, I feed mare and foal pellets and have used Purina in the 
past. My caution was with hay cubes where I have heard about occasional 
problems with them. Although there are sometimes animals caught up in the 
baler, it seems to be easier for the horses to recognize them as foreign and 
avoid eating them when they are in hay and not ground up into cubes. I have no 
knowledge of pellets having animals in them-- perhaps the processing is 
different and far more careful than with cubes-- and I certainly hope Templeton 
Feed, where I buy locally, is careful about their production.
Bette, who has found animals in hay bales :-(
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

"Life is not  a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what
a ride !! "


Lynne Glazer wrote:
> Bette,
>
> One man's milk is another man's poison.  You're afraid of wine  because 
> it might have mold?  Mold is something to be celebrated  (definition 
> from epicurious.com):
>
> Botrytis cinerea
> [boh-TRI-tihs sihn-EHR-ee-uh]
> Also called noble rot, this beneficial mold develops on grapes under  
> certain environmental conditions. However, under the wrong  
> circumstances (such as unripe grapes), gray rot develops and spoils  the 
> grapes. When carefully cultivated, botrytis causes the grape to  
> shrivel, concentrating and intensifying both sugar and flavor. In  
> addition, the acid levels remain high, which prevents the resulting  
> wines from being cloyingly sweet. Most winemakers are exhilarated  when 
> noble rot descends on their grapes because it gives them fruit  from 
> which to make very elegant, intensely flavored DESSERT WINES. In  
> California, botrytised wines are usually referred to as LATE HARVEST  or 
> SELECT LATE HARVEST. In France, where noble rot is called  pourriture 
> noble, the best-known beneficiaries are the famous wines  of SAUTERNES. 
> Noble rot is called Edelfäule in Germany, where  winemakers are experts 
> at producing a large variety of elegant wines  such as 
> TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE and BEERENAUSLESE. The renowned  Hungarian TOKAY 
> Aszú is also a popular botrytis-infected wine. In  Italy, botrytis 
> cinerea is called muffa nobile. A wide range of grape  varieties are 
> subject to the positive effects of noble rot. These  include CHENIN 
> BLANC, FURMINT, GEWÜRZTRAMINER, HÁRSLEVELÜ, OPTIMA,  ORTEGA, RIESLING, 
> SAUVIGNON BLANC, SCHEUREBE, and SÉMILLON.
> ---
>
> to go back on topic, I have used Purina's feeds (Equine Senior and  
> Complete Advantage, Equine Junior) since around 1993.  The only  quality 
> thing I've ever encountered is the occasional bag of CA that  is too 
> moist, forming balls that have to be broken up.  This is  "annoying", 
> certainly hasn't happened enough to keep me from  continuing with their 
> stuff--I wonder if it's the dry climate that  makes it so suitable.  My 
> herd has never exceeded 3, but surely the  timeframe is significant 
> enough statistically.  My adults get CA  every day, though in low quantity.
>
> I like hay cubes as treats, current favorite is Kruse's oat-alfalfa.   
> In cold weather, I mix them with hot water to make chunky soup/slurry  
> and feed once fully hydrated.  My gang thinks they've died and gone  to 
> heaven.  Q literally drools when fed them in hand, something about  this 
> combo.  Of course he's weird, likes orange peels but not orange  fruit, 
> etc.
>
> Lynne
> and the great greys
> and no financial interest in Purina LLC except a desire to see some  of 
> my photos on their feed bags!

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