Episode 15 Is Wine Vegan And Why Not?

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Wine is a fermented grape, and yeast is added that changes the grape from the grape juice into wine. Up to this point, Vegans are happy, but in the Fining phase, the clarification phase of wine it changes to a nonvegan beverage. 

To save money and operating costs, fining agents are used to clear the wine. There can be any of these; casein (milk protein) albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) isinglas (fish bladder), Ox blood, bone marrow, chitin (fibers from the crustacean shells), fish oil, alcohol, milk and cream, whey (lactose). 

As of 2024, over five million people follow the vegan lifestyle in the United States and over 500,000 people drink wine in Great Britain. 

Winemaking vegan thinning can include bentonite, a clay base process, activated charcoal, carbon limestone, casein, clay, plant casein, silicone gel, and vegetable plaques. The fining is added to the wine barrels or the vats. 

Gia Mora states most commercial wineries go through two separate processes. 

1. Fining, coagulates around particles and removes the molecules that prevent clear wines. They remove proteins, yeast, wine-off flavors, and color, and 

2. Removes bacteria and sterilizes the wine for bottling. Another nonvegan practice is the addition of a layer of paraffin to seal the top of the bottle. 

Paraffin is a petroleum derivative. 

Unfine wine allows the alcohol to age and settles at the bottom of the barrel. The wine is racked, it’s a process of removing clear wines from solid material at the bottom of a tank by siphoning the liquid into another barrel. This additional step increases the wine's overall price. 

The FDA does not require alcohol wine labels. Wineries do not detail the filling process on their wine labels, which can make it difficult for vegans to realize if this wine is vegan. The law does not require it, but this may change as more vegans want safe wines.  

When a winery states that they have a biodynamic vineyard, it refers to vegan farming practices. But when wines are organic then it refers to viticultural practices being used in the winery. Thus, natural wines would be vegan. 

Purchasing a vegan wine is like a detective novel. Vegans must look for the V logo stating vegan or veg. All kosher wines are vegan as they cannot contain any animal byproducts. 

There are several good wine databases used by vegans. The best one is called Barnivore. BARNIVORE, arranges each wine alphabetically, and it's easy to know if the wines are vegan or not vegan. Pita also has a Wine list and many vegan winemaker websites do as well but don't expect cheap prices because added processes to make an animal cruelty wine can be expensive. 

The following databases are one 

1. Barnivore. 

2. The Social Herbivore. 

3. VegNews Ultimate guide to vegan wines. 

4. Reserve Wine Snobs. 

5. Raw wines. Now when I was in Utah, I was there for about 5 years as a programmer, we bought some raw wines, they seemed to be having a lot of alcohol, but they were also delicious too. 

6. Vegan Wines. This is a club. 

There also are many, many different types of clubs that you can participate in. Here's an example of perfect product labeling transparencies. Organic grapes without synthetic pesticides, no artificial ingredients, or sugar or color, or concentrate. It just happens to be the name of this wine is called Avaline. 

I consume J Lohr, I usually drink red wines and most red wines are vegan, but on Barnivore. It's listed as not being vegan, I think you have to choose your wines. I noticed that my wines add sulfites. I never had noticed that until I started looking at the labels. Sulfites don't bother me, but they could bother other people with food allergies. J Lohr also makes kosher wines, and those would be vegan. They would be expensive, but they might be very well worth it. 

My research sources; 

1. Wine Society, Vegetarian, and Vegan wines. What they are and what they're not by Joanna Goodman, February 15th, 2023. 

2. pita.org Is Wine Vegan. 

3. Treehugger, home & Garden section, Is Wine Vegan The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Cruelty-Free Wine by Gia Mora October 17, 2023. 

4. The Kitchen and Discovery Vegan Wines. Isn't All Wine Vegan by Mary Carmen McAdams, September 3rd, 2022. 

5. Is Alcohol Vegan a Complete Guide to Beer, Wine and Spirits by Michaela Meixner, January 30, 2026. 

6. The five quick ways to tell if your wine is vegan, The Goodness Project by Anna. 

7. J Lord is Vegan, funded by Emily, February 11, 2023. Discover the J Lohr vegan, discover the friendly philosophy. I hope this wine podcast has helped you and new vegans decide which wines are safe and cruelty-free wines. Everyone have a good day. Bye-bye. Come listen to our next episode, Episode 16 is your beer vegan-friendly?

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