Mark West Wines

by Mark West

Not Vegan

Product Details

Type:
Wine
Region:
USA - California
Status:
Not Vegan Friendly

Company Contact

Address:
PO Box 390, Graton, CA, 95444, USA
Phone:
707-938-9229
Fax:

Verification

Checked by:
Sue
Checked:
About 14 years ago
Double checked by:
Hillary, Debra
Double checked:
About 8 years ago

Verification Notes

Company email (July 2018) [Identical to November 2014 response] Company email (November 2014): "Fining agents are used on a lot-by-lot basis to optimize the quality. Some fining agents contain proteinaceous materials. Proteinaceous fining agents are used to react with color and/or tannin molecules to make them removable by subsequent filtration. Both the fining agent, the color and/or tannin it reacts with are removed by the filtration process. All of our fining agents are approved by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB, formerly the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) One of our standard fining agents contains Micronized potassium casseinate [casein is milk protein], food grade gelatin, egg albumin and other food grade components." Company phone contact (March 2012): "I just spoke to them. Their white wines are vegan. Not the Reds"