Vegan Guide Logo
VEGAN GUIDE
All questions

Ingredients and products

Is wine vegan?

Short answer

It depends on fining. Grapes are plants, but wine may be fined with egg white, casein, gelatin or isinglass. Vegan wines use bentonite, carbon, or no fining, plus a vegan mark.

Fining agents are not always listed as ingredients. “Made from grapes” is not enough.

Allergen labelling helps for egg/milk; isinglass is less obvious. Check the producer or a vegan wine list.

Sources

  1. Definition of veganism
  2. Food additives

Related questions