Though little-known fact for those that aren't wine experts, those who make this delicious drink have to go the extra mile to create vegan Chianti wine, as the natural process actually entail the use of non-vegan products such as yeast and other organic particles.
As Vice reports, the non-vegan Chianti wine can contain yeast (which is a fungus and not a plant, which would make it unfit for vegan consumption), grape bits and other effluvia that comes up during the process of fermentation, as well as fining agents that come from bone marrow and blood, milk's casein, the chitin that comes from shellfish shells, isinglass (which comes from fish bladders), gelatin and egg albumen - and, of course, the entirety of these components turn a regular bottle of wine into a vegan's worst nightmare.
However, there's a company in Italy that has made a commitment to try a vegan Chianti wine for its customers, as there's a growing demand for the product in Italy and all over the world, as it's a product that's made for exportation as well as being consumed nationally - so they've decided to step out and offer a new variety.
According to The Independent, the new vegan Chianti wine comes from the Fattoria Casabianca, near Siena in Tuscany, and it's certified for vegan consumption due to the fact that each grape is traced step by step from the organically farmed vineyards of the company all the way into the bottle.
To make their new vegan Chianti wine, the company has eliminated entirely from the fields up to the cellar, and, surprisingly, not even the packing tape and label glue have any animal products whatsoever as they intend to please this growing market.
ANSA reports that Fattoria Casabianca produces about 400,000 bottles of Chianti wine a year: red, white and rosé. The company has stated that the new vegan Chianti line's prices will remain the same as they were before.
