Vegan Wines...What a
Surprising Complement to any Vegan Food or Vegan
Recipe!
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Wait a minute you say - Are there such things as
vegan wines? Absolutely, and there are many
selections to pair with vegan foods, even to use as
ingredients in a vegan recipe. But, if there are such things
as vegan
wines, what are the wines that aren't? The simple answer
is non-vegan. Explanation is in order.
Fining is a process in wine making, which makes cloudy wine
clear, and removes unwanted substances missed during
filtration. A fining agent is what is poured into the
wine, and as it passes from top to bottom, acts as a magnet
attracting the unwanted particles to it. Once passing through
the wine the "fining agent" is removed, theoretically
leaving no traces of itself behind. Agents of animal origin
are commonly used as "fining agents", ranging from egg whites,
egg albumin, casein (milk protein) and gelatin (derived from
animal bones) to chitin (obtained from lobster and crab
shells) and isinglass (a fish by-product). Some people prefer
to drink wine that has had no contact with animal matter
whatsoever, with particular interest being expressed in vegan
foods, vegan recipes and vegan
wines with the advent of the mad cow disease
scare in the UK.
Vegan wines are those that use fining
agents made from other than animal by-products. Vegan
wines only use organic, plant or mineral-based agents such as
bentonite clay, carbon or diatomaceous earth (rock made from
pulverized algae) as their fining agents.
Unfortunately, vegan
wines are not always clearly labeled as such. Also, it
should be noted that even though vegan wines
may be available in some vintages, they are not necessarily
produced as vegan in subsequent vintages of the same wines.
All of our vegan wines are listed under a Vegan
Wines category for your convenience. We make it
easy for you to determine which vegan wines are suitable for
various vegan foods, or with a special vegan recipe. Please
note that all of our vegan wines are 100% organic, providing
you with the related organic wine benefits as well. Visit
About Organic Wine to learn more.
May we invite you to enhance your next vegan food
dish with one of our tantalizing organic vegan
wines.
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