Vegan Wine for Every Occasion
Not all wines are vegan. Though the basic ingredients—grapes and yeast—certainly are, sometimes wines are clarified using proteins taken from eggs or the dead bodies of chickens, fish, or cows.
Chickens are smart, caring animals. Fish have complex feelings and desires. Cows are sensitive and communicate with facial expressions, just like humans. None of them want their rendered bodies processing your wine.
There are lots of vegan wines of all styles made all over the world. But most vegan wines don’t say so on the label, and wine labels do not list ingredients.
Barnivore is our go-to for the details, but if you don’t want to do all the fingerwork of scrolling through their database, you can’t go wrong with the list below. We’ve curated it to include highly rated vegan wines across a range of grapes, regions, styles, and prices. Most of these wines have scored above 90 points out of 100 in reputable assessments.
High-End Vegan Wines
If you’ve ever been to a formal wine tasting, you’ll know that vintners often bring out the very best stuff towards the end, when everyone’s already a little extra happy. These are those wines: bottles so good (and so expensive) you have to get a little disinhibited to uncork them.
Krug Clos d’Ambonnay 2002
All the champagne from the famous Krug house is vegan, and this is the one to get when you need to impress your vegan billionaire friend. Limited quantities are made each year from Pinot Noir grapes grown in a single tiny walled vineyard in France. The 2002 vintage has earned perfect scores. A bottle can be yours for $4,000.
Penfolds 2020 Grange
Possibly the most famous Australian wine, this superb vegan shiraz is intense and rich, with flavors of berries and dark chocolate balanced with opulent oak. Its ratings are also superb, averaging a stunning 98 points. At $850 a bottle, it’s not something you drink every day, but the day you do drink it is going to be spectacular.
DAOU 2023 Patrimony Blanc
A blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, this lush vegan white from Paso Robles, California, opens with vivid aromas of honeysuckle and passionfruit and expands to mouthwatering acidity and crisp minerality, rounded out by flavors of fruits like apricot and lychee. $350 per bottle.
Special Occasion Vegan Wines
Maybe you’re not a wine snob, but it’s your tenth wedding anniversary or perhaps your tenth action for animals and you want to mark the occasion. These vegan wines are splurgy and worth it.
Morisoli Vineyard 2021 Amici
From California’s Napa Valley, the century-old family-farmed Morisoli Vineyard grows powerful and elegant Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that mature into wines with complex dark fruit flavors, with hints of dark chocolate and vanilla in their long, savory finish. A bottle runs $195, a bargain for a vegan wine that routinely rates 98 points.
El Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 2020
At $134 a bottle, this is another bargain, at least by wine standards. An intense Cabernet Franc and Malbec blend from Argentina’s Mendoza region, this vegan wine earned 99 points on Robert Parker’s prestigious list. Fruits, oak, and a long, persistent finish make this a wine you won’t soon forget.
Borgogno 2020 Cannubi Nebbiolo
A perfectly balanced Barolo from Italy’s Piedmont region, this vegan wine is rounded and elegant, with an aroma of dried tart fruit expanding into the lushness of summer ripeness. Nebbiolo grapes make complex but delicate reds, and this $219 bottle earned a 96 rating.
Date Night Vegan Wines
Ordering wine on a date can be fraught. You don’t want to look like a cheapskate, but restaurant wine is pricey! And what if your date is a wine snob has strong opinions about wine? Choose one of these vegan wines and you’ll look like you know what you’re doing.
Grosset Polish Hill 2025
A superlative Australian Riesling, this aromatic and intensely fragrant vegan white marries an electrifying acidity with dry minerality and a lingering finish. A bottle of this 96-point biodynamic vegan wine is $85.
Imperial Real de Asúa 2021
A classic Rioja of pure Tempranillo, this 96-point vegan wine is known for the artisanal process that yields a smoky fruitiness with a rich undertone of clove and toffee. You can expect to pay $100 for a bottle in a wine shop.
Felton Road Cornish Point Pinot Noir 2024
This New Zealand Pinot Noir is silky and precise with notes of black cherries and spice. It’s just $69 a bottle, but you have to order ahead of time: The company only ships by sea in order to limit their wines’ carbon footprint.
Everyday Vegan Wines
Maybe not EVERY day, but these are the wines to enjoy with a big bowl of vegan pasta with your loved ones, or curled up in front of a movie. Make them your house wines!
Pine Ridge 2024 Sauvignon Blanc
A California white from Napa Valley that scores 90 points for just $26 a bottle. A tropical nose layered with limestone and gardenia means you can grab it out of the fridge and be ready for anything.
Domaine de Bila-Haut Occultum Lapidem 2020
A low 90s-rated organic Rhone wine for $27? Yes please! This dark, garnet-red vegan wine opens with a nose aggressive with graphite and pepper that gives way to a fleshy, tannic freshness. The classic French blend of Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre is juicy and rich.
Bonterra Rosé 2024
A winemaker known for well-priced organic wines, Bonterra’s Rosé is dry and crisp, loaded with flavors of watermelon, grapefruit, and blood orange, and finishing with a bright acidity. At just $15 a bottle for this low-sulfite vegan wine, you might as well stash one in the fridge now to be ready for a sudden picnic.
Ingredient Vegan Wines
Sometimes you want some vegan wine you can use to make sangria or mulled wine, or even to punch up a sauce you’re making. Sure, Two Buck Chuck Red is vegan, but since this wine will be hanging around in your kitchen, do yourself a favor and make it drinkable.
L’Auratae Nero d’Avola
A robust and dependable organic red from Sicily, this fruity and spicy vegan wine is a no-brainer at ten bucks a bottle. Consider it a kitchen staple.
Frey Organic White, NV
Frey was the first American winery to be certified organic, way back in 1980. This is their basic white, filled with pleasant fruit flavors. At $13 a bottle, it’s an easy choice for a standby vegan white wine. It’s the ideal base for a refreshing and delicious white sangria.
Keep this list handy—there’s a vegan wine for every occasion here. Most of the wineries represented here have many other vegan wines as well, so if you’d like to explore further, that’s a good place to start. And if you’re traveling, think about visiting a winemaker like the family-run Whitecliff Vineyard in upstate New York, where you can enjoy a flight of vegan wines paired with vegan cheeses. There are more vegan wines than ever to choose from!
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