Comments on: Vegan wine http://rieslingrules.com/news/winemakers-blog/about-our-wines/vegan-wine/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nicolas http://rieslingrules.com/news/winemakers-blog/about-our-wines/vegan-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Nicolas Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:22:32 +0000 http://rieslingrules.com/news/?p=82#comment-692 Nikki, Thank you for your note. I am going to check if any organization issue some type of certification or if it is just based on an honor system. Nikki,

Thank you for your note. I am going to check if any organization issue some type of certification or if it is just based on an honor system.

]]> By: Nikki http://rieslingrules.com/news/winemakers-blog/about-our-wines/vegan-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Nikki Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:45:15 +0000 http://rieslingrules.com/news/?p=82#comment-676 Hi! Stumbled upon this at random, and just thought I'd help you out a little,although it looks like this is an old post, and you may have found help elsewhere already. Really glad to hear that you put the time into researching just what veganism implies for wines, and that you went as far as to analyze you packaging. By the sounds of it, most of your wines are vegan, except the Dry Riesling (even if it is such a small quantity, it's still an animal product, and therefore not vegan). I personally don't feel that insects that accidentally get picked at the same time as the grapes make a wine not vegan, because realistically, this is inevitable with most vegetables adn fruits, although others may feel differently. As long as you aren't intentionally adding or killing insects, I would consider it vegan. Some vegans may wish to know if pesticides are used on the grapes that intentionally kill insects, which can sometimes be a gray area for some in the definition of veganism. The other major points I look for when I'm trying to find out if a wine is vegan are whether or not milk products or egg products are used in the clarifying process, and whether or not it is filtered through bone char at any point. Hope that was of some help. If after further analysis, you do consider some of your wines to be vegan, do get the word out there! Possibly consider contacting online listings of vegan wines and let them know if yours should be included. Oh, and if anyone comes across this and notes that I missed an important point on vegan wines, be sure to add it, because I'm aware that I don't know everything about the wine making process. Hi! Stumbled upon this at random, and just thought I’d help you out a little,although it looks like this is an old post, and you may have found help elsewhere already. Really glad to hear that you put the time into researching just what veganism implies for wines, and that you went as far as to analyze you packaging.
By the sounds of it, most of your wines are vegan, except the Dry Riesling (even if it is such a small quantity, it’s still an animal product, and therefore not vegan). I personally don’t feel that insects that accidentally get picked at the same time as the grapes make a wine not vegan, because realistically, this is inevitable with most vegetables adn fruits, although others may feel differently. As long as you aren’t intentionally adding or killing insects, I would consider it vegan. Some vegans may wish to know if pesticides are used on the grapes that intentionally kill insects, which can sometimes be a gray area for some in the definition of veganism.
The other major points I look for when I’m trying to find out if a wine is vegan are whether or not milk products or egg products are used in the clarifying process, and whether or not it is filtered through bone char at any point.
Hope that was of some help. If after further analysis, you do consider some of your wines to be vegan, do get the word out there! Possibly consider contacting online listings of vegan wines and let them know if yours should be included. Oh, and if anyone comes across this and notes that I missed an important point on vegan wines, be sure to add it, because I’m aware that I don’t know everything about the wine making process.

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