Comments on: BC Vegan Wines http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alexandra Jones http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/bc-vegan-wines/#comment-73 Alexandra Jones Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:29:58 +0000 http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/?page_id=107#comment-73 So just a follow-up regarding my inquiries to Quail's Gate and Summerhill wineries. I received a reply from the winemaker at Summerhill who says that he never uses animal based fining ingredients in any of their wines. The reply I got from Quail's Gate just today said the following: <i>Unfortunately, the Epicur Vegan website has been mis informed in regards to the production of our wines as almost all the past vintages at Quails' Gate have been 100% vegan including the 2007 and 2008 vintages. (currently in circulation) Although vegan wine production can not be guaranteed every year it is something that we strive towards and so far have been able to maintain.</i> So, um, I guess that means that Quail's Gate wines are "almost" always vegan friendly, but we can never really know for sure? LOL By the way, one resource I recently discovered (which could be of some help, at least, to anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch) is an application called Vegan Xpress, which lists what items are vegan at a large number of chain restaurants, which junk food items are vegan (not helpful to me since I don't generally eat that stuff, but hey, it's nice to know), and also includes a list of vegan wines and beers. It's easier to use than Barnivore because it only lists booze that *is* vegan, as opposed to having to scroll through and check each item one by one. I do wish it listed wines by country of origin, as it would make it easier to find them in the liquor store, but if worst comes to worst I'm sure the liquor store staff could help with that. And the more I think about this, the more I think it would be great fun to have a vegan wine-tasting club in Vancouver! So just a follow-up regarding my inquiries to Quail’s Gate and Summerhill wineries. I received a reply from the winemaker at Summerhill who says that he never uses animal based fining ingredients in any of their wines. The reply I got from Quail’s Gate just today said the following:

Unfortunately, the Epicur Vegan website has been mis informed in regards to the production of our wines as almost all the past vintages at Quails’ Gate have been 100% vegan including the 2007 and 2008 vintages. (currently in circulation) Although vegan wine production can not be guaranteed every year it is something that we strive towards and so far have been able to maintain.

So, um, I guess that means that Quail’s Gate wines are “almost” always vegan friendly, but we can never really know for sure? LOL

By the way, one resource I recently discovered (which could be of some help, at least, to anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch) is an application called Vegan Xpress, which lists what items are vegan at a large number of chain restaurants, which junk food items are vegan (not helpful to me since I don’t generally eat that stuff, but hey, it’s nice to know), and also includes a list of vegan wines and beers. It’s easier to use than Barnivore because it only lists booze that *is* vegan, as opposed to having to scroll through and check each item one by one. I do wish it listed wines by country of origin, as it would make it easier to find them in the liquor store, but if worst comes to worst I’m sure the liquor store staff could help with that.

And the more I think about this, the more I think it would be great fun to have a vegan wine-tasting club in Vancouver!

]]> By: Alexandra Jones http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/bc-vegan-wines/#comment-69 Alexandra Jones Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:14:36 +0000 http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/?page_id=107#comment-69 Thanks so much for the information! A couple of these listings came as a surprise to me, namely Summerhill and Quail's Gate. I visited both wineries last summer and specificially asked if their wines were vegan. At Summerhill I was told that all their wines are fined using egg whites, and at Quail's Gate I was told that all their wines are vegan. I've just sent emails to both wineries to see if they can confirm whether or not their wines use animal products. Whatever they say, though, I am now wondering how much we can really trust the information. Thanks so much for the information! A couple of these listings came as a surprise to me, namely Summerhill and Quail’s Gate. I visited both wineries last summer and specificially asked if their wines were vegan. At Summerhill I was told that all their wines are fined using egg whites, and at Quail’s Gate I was told that all their wines are vegan. I’ve just sent emails to both wineries to see if they can confirm whether or not their wines use animal products. Whatever they say, though, I am now wondering how much we can really trust the information.

]]> By: J-Dub http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/bc-vegan-wines/#comment-52 J-Dub Tue, 05 May 2009 05:45:21 +0000 http://epicurvegan.wordpress.com/?page_id=107#comment-52 Fantastic! Thank you so much for this list! I've been looking on www.barnivore.com, but cross-referencing the vegan-ness with the location of the winery seemed daunting. So thanks for putting the work in for me! Fantastic! Thank you so much for this list! I’ve been looking on http://www.barnivore.com, but cross-referencing the vegan-ness with the location of the winery seemed daunting. So thanks for putting the work in for me!

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