Vegan Wine Style|Off-Dry | Wayward Wines

Style – Off-Dry

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.

Weingut Brand
Wilder Satz Pur 2023

A bracingly zippy, palate-cleansing wine that buzzes with tart white grapefruit citrus and softens into the creamy peaks of a lemon meringue pie. A real zinger! Find out more.

  • Region Bockenheim, Pfalz, Germany
  • Grapes Müller Thurgau, Riesling, Kerner, Silvaner, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder & Grauburgunder
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£21.75

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Marco de Bartoli
Vigna La Miccia Marsala Superiore Oro 2018

Real-deal Marsala from a producer widely regarded to be the master of the style. Forget what you think you know about this misunderstood sweet wine - Bartoli makes exquisite Marsala true to the history of the region, a world away from the cheap mass-market concoctions that pervade. Find out more.

  • Region Marsala, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Grillo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36

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Controcorrente
Rosso Vermouth

A modern take on a classic Torino vermouth, made with natural wine as its base, infused with various citrus and herb botanicals to aromatic, bittersweet effect. Find out more.

  • Region Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
  • Grapes Corvina, Rondinella & Molinara
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites, fortified and infused with natural citrus & botanicals
£34.25

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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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Hubert & Heidi Hausherr
Aussitôt Bue 2020

In harmony with the sweetness, it retains a beautiful, soaring acidity and the electric tropical fruits a twang of sherbet. Picking up a gentle oxidative note as the wine matured in the barrel, there are additional layers of walnut and spice. Find out more.

  • Region Eguisheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer & Auxerrois
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Charbonniéres 2022

Demi-sec Chardonnay that is textured, vinous, and heaves with sweet/sour citrus fruit. A mean foil to fiery Southeast Asian dishes; the residual sugar really comes into its own in this context. A particularly wild Mazel vintage. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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