Although wine usually contains only grapes yeast and a small amount of sulfites, which are added and created during fermentation, the processing of one introduces small amounts of substances which may be of concern to vegetarians and vegans.
Winemakers – both organic and nonorganic – often use animal-based products in the fining process to classify the wine. The fining agents act as magnets to attract the unwanted material, then fall to the bottom of the tank.
The clear wine is siphoned off, but trace amounts of the fining agent may linger in the finished wine. Not all wine is vegan, there are animal products and by-products used in the filtering and manufacturing process of some varieties.
Wines suitable for vegans use earth-based fining agents such as bentonite clay, diatomaceous earth, carbon and kaolin.
A simpler solution to finding a vegan-friendly wine is to look for ‘unfined’ wines.
Vegan wine
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