I contacted Byrne Vineyards after browsing their website, as I noticed they have made a commitment to make vegan friendly wines:
From the 2014 vintages and onwards, the team have made the active decision to make as many wines Vegan and Vegetarian friendly.
These wine that we produce do not contain any animal ingredients (such as milk, eggs, honey, etc.) nor are animal products used in the processing/filtration of the product (such as isinglass, gelatin, etc). On the back labels you will start to see a small V symbol as a way of recognising this approach.
Of course some wine styles or vintage conditions require the use of inputs to assist with fermentation, fining or handling so there may be one variety on occasion which is not fully Vegan but still Vegetarian friendly. But we will be sure to clearly highlight that so you can be assured of our integrity for delivering a product which suits your needs.
I decided to email and ask a couple of questions and had such a lovely response back from Wendy Birkett their Export Manager. She confirmed they did not use eggs, milk or fish products. She went onto to say that all Byrne Vineyards wines from 2014 onwards will be vegan friendly, unless there is a wine making requirement for it to be otherwise, but this would be a total exception. They will use the V symbol when vegan (which assumes vegetarian) and provide tasting notes on their website for their wines including Devlin's Mount, Byrne, Thomson Estate, Scotts Creek and Woolpunda ranges.
She finished by telling me that if I was planning a trip to Australia from next year, they are building tented eco-suites beside their estate vineyards and wetland, two hours north of Adelaide in South Australia and accommodation bookings would be available for small groups under six people.
I may well be tempted, I love companies like Byrne, they have nothing to hide, are proud of their environmental and sustainability credentials and even better their wines are vegan and easily spotted by good labelling.
These wine that we produce do not contain any animal ingredients (such as milk, eggs, honey, etc.) nor are animal products used in the processing/filtration of the product (such as isinglass, gelatin, etc). On the back labels you will start to see a small V symbol as a way of recognising this approach.
Of course some wine styles or vintage conditions require the use of inputs to assist with fermentation, fining or handling so there may be one variety on occasion which is not fully Vegan but still Vegetarian friendly. But we will be sure to clearly highlight that so you can be assured of our integrity for delivering a product which suits your needs.
I decided to email and ask a couple of questions and had such a lovely response back from Wendy Birkett their Export Manager. She confirmed they did not use eggs, milk or fish products. She went onto to say that all Byrne Vineyards wines from 2014 onwards will be vegan friendly, unless there is a wine making requirement for it to be otherwise, but this would be a total exception. They will use the V symbol when vegan (which assumes vegetarian) and provide tasting notes on their website for their wines including Devlin's Mount, Byrne, Thomson Estate, Scotts Creek and Woolpunda ranges.
She finished by telling me that if I was planning a trip to Australia from next year, they are building tented eco-suites beside their estate vineyards and wetland, two hours north of Adelaide in South Australia and accommodation bookings would be available for small groups under six people.
I may well be tempted, I love companies like Byrne, they have nothing to hide, are proud of their environmental and sustainability credentials and even better their wines are vegan and easily spotted by good labelling.
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