VegSocUK Information Sheet THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY VEGETARIAN WINES BY MAIL ORDER Unfortunately many wines available in shops may have isinglass, gelatine, egg albumen (from battery eggs), chitin or even Ox blood added as fining agents. Organic wines are much more likely to be vegetarian. Vegetarian wines can be obtained from the suppliers listed below: Disos: 50 Springfield Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire. Tel: 061 428 7666. V symbol holders. Epicurean: 62 The Murreys, Barnet Wood Lane, Ashstead, Surrey. Haughton Fine Wines: Chorley Green Lane, Chorley (near Cholmondeley), Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8JR. Tel: 0270 74 537. HDRA Sales Ltd: National Centre for Organic Gardening, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3LG. Tel: 0203 303517. (Not mail order). John Powell Wines: Harding Way, St Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17 4WR. Organic Wine Co Ltd: PO Box 81, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP13 5QN. Tel: 0494 446557. Rocks Country Wines: Lodden Park Farm, New Bath Road, (A4), Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9RY. Tel: 0734 342344. Sedlescombe Vineyard: Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5SA. Tel: 0580 830715. English wines, fruit wines and cider. V symbol holders. Vinceremos: 65 Raglan Road, Leeds, W Yors LS2 9DZ. Tel: 0532 431691, fax: 0532 431693. V symbol holders. Vintage Roots: Sheeplands Farm, Wargrave Road, Wargrave, Berks, RG10 8DT. Tel: 0734 401222. Whitakers Organic Wines: 8 Market Place, Buxton, Derbyshire. Tel: 0298 70241. (Not mail order). ___________________________________ For more information on vegetarian organic wines available from off-licences, supermarkets etc. the best book available is: Thorsons Organic Wine Guide by Jerry Lockspeiser & Jackie Gear. (Thorsons #5.99) ISBN 0-7225-2451-X. Now unfortunately remaindered so difficult to come by. ___________________________________ // This article is copyright to the Vegetarian Society (UK), but may be freely copied for non-commercial use provided it is kept intact, not altered and these lines are included. For futher information contact: The Vegetarian Society, Parkdale, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4QG, England. Tel: (England) 061 928 0793 email: vegsoc@vegsoc.demon.co.uk // [The text of this file was obtained from the Vegetarian Society (UK) in March 1995.]