Vegan wine at Ballard TJs

Gualtier Malde

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Oct 23, 2012, 3:26:12 PM10/23/12

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Shopping the other day my wife and I came across an end cap for wine in three
varieties. One of them, at the bottom of the description sign, said "Vegan".

I picked up one of the bottles and one of the other varietals to see what
additional thing might explain why this one would be so marked and found no
difference in the ingredients. On the "vegan" bottle, however, at the end of
the usual flowery description was the statement: "Good with red meats and duck."

Perhaps it is some elixir which confers vegan status when consumed with meats.

GM

Cindy Fuller

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Oct 23, 2012, 8:14:59 PM10/23/12

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In article <4tOdnTi7XcTFchvN...@giganews.com>,

More likely it's a marketing strategy, such as labeling vegetable oil
"no cholesterol."

Cindy

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Julie Bove

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Oct 23, 2012, 8:32:34 PM10/23/12

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"Gualtier Malde" <chu...@eskimo.com> wrote in message
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That's pretty funny! I have heard that eggs are sometimes in some way used
in making some wines but I don't know the particulars of that.

Gualtier Malde

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Oct 24, 2012, 12:41:36 PM10/24/12

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<snort> and I'm waiting for "Gluten Free"..
gm

Josh Hayes

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Oct 24, 2012, 4:29:12 PM10/24/12

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Gualtier Malde <chu...@eskimo.com> wrote in

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> Shopping the other day my wife and I came across an end cap for wine
> in three varieties. One of them, at the bottom of the description
> sign, said "Vegan".

Beer is often clarified, filtered using a variety of substances (a process
called "fining"), including isinglass -- basically, fish guts. I would not
be surprised to find that wine is at least sometimes filtered in the same
way? Anyone with more authoritative info?

-jah

Ali Khat

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Oct 25, 2012, 2:03:02 PM10/25/12

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"Gualtier Malde" <chu...@eskimo.com> wrote in message
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> Shopping the other day my wife and I came across an end cap for wine in
> three varieties. One of them, at the bottom of the description sign, said
> "Vegan".
>
> I picked up one of the bottles and one of the other varietals to see what
> additional thing might explain why this one would be so marked and found
> no difference in the ingredients.

http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj97jan/971wine.htm

Wines are often clarified, and if so, the clarification agents may be
of animal origin (eggs, isinglass, gelatin), or vegetable origin
(carageenan), or even none-of-the-above (polyclar). HTH.

Gualtier Malde

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Oct 26, 2012, 8:56:07 PM10/26/12

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When I was fermenting wine I used Sparkolloid which came as a powder.
http://brewersconnection.com/popup/Catalog/Sparkolloid.html

I don't believe it is of animal origin, but isinglass certainly is. That would
be a reason to label a wine "Vegan" if it were allowed to clarify naturally or
some non-animal clarifier were used.

In this case, a comparative inspection of the "vegan" wine label and that of
another wine by the same vintner showed nothing on the label to indicate
"veganity". That's why I thought it was a joke.

gm