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Glossary

Fining

Clarifying wine by adding a substance — egg white, bentonite clay, casein — that attracts suspended particles and drops out with them. The agent itself is removed.

In more detail

Some fining agents are animal-derived, which is why not all wine is vegan. Bentonite is a mineral clay and is not.

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