Vegan Wine Country|France, Colour|Rosé | Wayward Wines

Country – France

Most conventional wine makers will use animal products for fining their wine, such as egg white or casein. Fining being the process of removing the fine particulate matter after the fermentation process such as yeast cells and proteins, to make the wine crystal clear.

Natural wine makers on the other hand eschew intervention and strive for as little manipulation in the wine making process as possible. They will therefore avoid filtration and fining and with it the need for any animal products, resulting in vegan friendly wines.

Therefore you will often find natural wines have a noticeable amount of sediment in the bottle, or appear hazy or cloudy. Natural winemakers tend to use the process of racking as the sole method of removing as much of the sediment from fermentation as possible. The wine will be allowed to settle in its fermentation vessel so as much sediment as possible settles at the bottom. The resulting clearer wine is then pumped to a new vessel with the sediment left behind.

Pierre Borel
L'homme Canon Rosé 2024

A brisk, compact wine of strawberry, red apple and capsicum refreshment. Bottled as a primeur in January 2025 after a very short élevage in tank, this is all youthful energy and simple pleasures. Find out more.

  • Region Bourgueil, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£19.75

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Axel Prüfer
Le Temps des Cerises 'La Capitulation Ne Paie Pas!' 2023

This pale, crimson pink offers freshness in abundance with plenty of soft red fruits and vibrant acidity. One to chill down and enjoy in a single sitting. Find out more.

  • Region Beziers, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Cinsault
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£28.50

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La Cuverie
Bugey Cerdon '2.6.15' 2024

Hedonistic Bugey Cerdon that bursts with strawberry, cranberry, raspberry, pomegranate. Think all the red berries! A bottle that feels akin to adult cherry-pop Find out more.

  • Region Bugey, France
  • Grapes Gamay & Poulsard
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£23

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Noëlla Morantin
Osiana 2023

A tasty, deeply-coloured rosé that Noëlla has made for the first time. Clean and pristine, with a fresh line of acidity that cuts the raspberry and cranberry fruits with a saline finish. Pretty and bright on the nose, this is a straight-up pleasure wine with an abundance of pure fruit character. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Gamay & Malbec
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£22.50

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Michel Guignier
Mystère de Rosée 2023

Bright, energetic red berry fruit, a profoundly stony, mineral tone alongside a bright, lip-smacking, sherberty tartness. A total fruit bomb. Find out more.

  • Region Vauxrenard, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29

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Le Mazel
MazelRoz 2024

Plum, beetroot, pomegranate, tomato... lots of atypical descriptors making for a truly unique wine that is certainly not for everyone, but fans of Mazel's more challenging output will surely rejoice! Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Syrah, Grenache & Merlot
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.50

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