Disclaimer: RELAX! The information you’re about to read isn’t earth shattering or hardly groundbreaking! Prohibition has not been reinstated! Take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat steps if needed.

MORE WINE!!!

“Surely the drink of the gods is vegan friendly”, is what I said to myself recently while fiddling with the last bit of a corked bottle. “Whoa-whoa-whoa….pump your brakes, big guy. There are some ‘suspect’ wines out there”, a member of the many brain-voices I have, chimes in; the glorious killjoy it is.

So I do the research. Brain voice wins. Damn.

Here I’ve been vegan for nearly 8 years; and recklessly assumed any glass of vino I put to my lips was vegan safe. WRONG!!! Guilty as charged.

Dietary choices (especially special diets) place much emphasis on food, not beverages. But I never thought…or considered that a product, made primarily by a plant would incorporate animal or animal…