Vintage Ink Wines is Not Vegan Friendly

Company email (November 2019) re Vintage Ink

"We aim for the best possible quality in each of our wines. Due to the agricultural nature of wine our wine compositions and ingredient additions will change as each vintage year presents us with different challenges that we have to adapt to. Generally, we do not use animal products in the production of our wines however we do not submit our wines for any classification under the ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’ title.

"Sometimes wines are treated with additives, called "fining agents", which are used to make the wine smoother and give it greater visual clarity. All fining agents used in our winemaking process have been approved for use by Health Canada.

"Some the these fining agents contain allergens, which are proteins that cause certain individuals to have reactions. Common allergens that are sometimes found in wine are albumin (eggs), casein (milk), and isinglass (fish). Although some of our wines have been treated with allergenic fining agents, there are no allergens remaining in the finished product. All of our wines have been sterile filtered and Health Canada considers wine that has been sterile filtered to be allergen-free, regardless of whether these fining agents were used in the winemaking process."