Vegan and Vegan Friendly Wines

Vegan and Vegan Friendly Wines
It is often something of a surprise to learn that products such as egg whites, milk, fish bladders and even dried blood are or have in the past been used in the wine making process. A typical example would be for Bordeaux wines, where the addition of egg whites was, and still is practiced to force sediment to sink to the bottom of the wine barrel (the egg white sinks and takes the sediment with it).

It is a frustration for vegans and vegetarians looking to buy vegan wines that, unlike virtually all other products, there is no requirement on wineries to list 'additives' or products, particularly non-vegan friendly products used in the wine-making process, though some, such as bull's blood are now illegal. Alternative products and methods to produce vegan wines tend to be more expensive or lengthier, making the wine-making process for vegan friendly wines slightly more expensive. Examples would be allowing sediment to settle naturally before bottling or using mineral based products to 'fine' or clarify a wine for the vegan and vegetarian market.

Buying Vegan wines is not easy, though all of our wines listed here are Vegan or Vegan friendly.

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