Guest guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi Matthew I hardly every buy wine, but Vintage Roots sounds interesting. Is it a local place or would there be some around the UK? Jo , " Matthew Faupel " <matthew wrote: > > The Co-Op helpfully label all their own brand wines as vegetarian or > vegan if they are, and a reasonable number of them are vegan. > > Threshers are supposed to maintain a checklist of which of their > stocked wines are veggie or vegan. I haven't tried asking in a > number of years (I now tend to make my occasional wine purchases from > Vintage Roots) but the last time I did, the assistant did know what I > was talking about and managed to find a couple of vegan bottles that > they had in stock. > > As mentioned before, what makes it veggie, vegan or carnivore is > usually the fining (clarification) process. The most common fining > agents are isinglass (fish bladder) or bonemeal charcoal hence not > veggie or vegan. Some use egg albumen, which makes the wine > vegetarian but not vegan. Vegan wines, I believe, use non-animal > sourced charcoal filters or just natural settling processes. The > same fining process details are what makes beer vegan, veggie or > neither. > > Cheers, > > > Matthew > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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