Wines

RosieRo

Does anyone happen to know off the top of their heads what mainstream off licence stocked wines are veggie? Also if they know if nederberg wine is veggie? I checked their website and vegsoc and nothing was mentioned.

Cheers in advance.

Nature Boy

I think Tesco mark their own brand wines. not sure though...

sweet-rasmus

yeah, or marks and sparks. though, i'm not a wine drinker myself so i wouldn't know. perhaps the wine forum could help you

Mentalmiss

http://vegans.frommars.org/wine/
This one has beers
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint.bevan/Vegetarian_beers.html
http://www.vnv.org.au/AlcoholByDist.htm

rediguana

I think it would be very difficult to find wines that definitely don't use animal products. It's common within the industry but I've only ever seen it mentioned ONCE on a label that fish protein was used to fine/filter the wine. The wine was from New Zealand, don't expect European wines to be informative, even mentioning the grape on the label can be a big deal for them. You generally won't have much success trying to find out on vineyard websites either.

I wouldn't waste my time going to the multiple supermarkets. Go straight to your local organic shop. The Quay Co-Op in Cork city stocks some wines. I have no idea if they are strictly vegetarian, but shops like this are a good starting point. They will have a small range, obviously, but you may find what you're looking for.

I may be wrong but I would also imagine that biodynamic wines will be less likely to use animal products. Febvre will soon begin distributing a range of French biodynamic wines, including red and white Bordeaux, Cremant du Bordeaux, Merlot, Chardonnay, Rielsling, Chenin Blanc and Muscadet. I guess you could always call them up for further details. See their site www.febvre.ie.

rediguana

I forgot to say, and I'm completely open to correction on this (in fact I'd welcome it as I'd be interested to know the actual position), but sometimes you'll see the V (for vegetarian) symbol on some supermarket wines. But it doesn't mean that no animal products were used it its production, only that no traces remain in the FINISHED wine. . .

As far as I'm aware, there are other ways to filter wine apart from isinoglass (fish protein). I should really research it instead of trying to guess! Maybe tomorrow...

Mentalmiss

rediguana wrote:

The Quay Co-Op in Cork city stocks some wines. I have no idea if they are strictly vegetarian, but shops like this are a good starting point. They will have a small range, obviously, but you may find what you're looking for.
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They keep a list at the back of the shelf that you can consult. They carry about 10 Vegan wines including a sparkling one.