Food allergies in wine

[Dr Robyn]

For starters – wine is not a health food. It is not whole-food. Often it isn’t vegan and yes, all alcohol is a carcinogen.

Now that we got that out of the way, if you choose to drink wine you might be interested to know that many wines are clarified using eggs, dairy and/or fish. If you are allergic to any of those things, consider looking for vegan wines. They do exist but they tend to be more expensive than “regular” wine.

This article explains how/why eggs, dairy and fish are used and says the risk of contamination is “slight.” As always, the more you know the better your choices are likely to be.

https://www.winespectator.com/drvinny/show/id/41378

[Dr Robyn]

This was a eye opener for me. I downloaded an app (there are many) to help me find vegan wines.

[Dr Robyn]

Vegan wines are hard to find. When you start putting different wines into the app you realize just how many use animal products in their processing.

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