To Be or Not to Be Vegan Wine

Did you know that the majority of wine is not vegan? If you didn't, here's a rude awakening, your wine could contain casein (a milk protein), fish oil, bone and blood marrow, egg whites, or gelatin from boiled animal bones or from fish bladders. Yum, huh?! These animal-derived fining agents are used to remove protein, yeast, cloudiness, and off-flavors and colorings. 

Good news! There are several vegan alternatives to filtering wine. These include carbon, bentonite clay, limestone, kaolin clay, plant casein, silica gel, and vegetable plaques.

Finding vegan wine can take some leg work, depending on where you're shopping. Fortunately, there are great apps and websites that can tell you whether the bottle you're holding in your hand is vegan or not. Barnivore.com is a great app, but with so many wines out there, it doesn't have every wine listed in its inventory, which can leave you wondering, "well, is it vegan or not?".

Many companies offer vegan wine exclusively in all of their inventory. These companies pride themselves on producing cruelty-free wine. While other companies offer certain selections or years as vegan. Even different regions can determine whether your favorite bottle of wine is vegan or not, since different parts of the world have different standards in production.

If wine is your thing, booking with us ensures that the places you go will provide you the vegan options you seek.