Miyoko Schinner Is Redefining Wine Country With a Vegan Twist

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When most people think about the vegan diet, they’re usually well aware that vegans can’t eat animal products like meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products. You may even know that some vegans also avoid honey because the commercial honey production process can be harmful to the health of the bees. But did you know that many wines are also not vegan?

California’s Blackbird Vineyards is primarily and justifiably known for its outstanding red wine portfolio. In particular, the winery’s world-class, award winning Merlot, which has been lauded by top wine writers such as Stephen Tanzer, Robert Parker and James Laube. The Oak Knoll District – Napa’s fourteenth AVA (American Viticultural Areas) – is similar in soil composition and climate to France’s Right Bank region of Bordeaux, making it ideal for growing Bordeaux grape varietals such as Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

The Spar vegan wine range has been announced by the brand in a bid that makes it the first grocery brand in the UK to provide in-house wine products with a vegan-friendly seal of approval. The brand's new wine within its 2021 vintage is 100% suitable for vegans and will be launched at more than 1,700 licensed locations across England, Scotland and Wales. The brand is supporting the launch with an expansive marketing campaign across all online and in-store avenues to maximize outreach.

NEEDHAM, Mass. — Donut Villa Diner is a retro restaurant home to a variety of classic diner dishes like eggs, bacon and French toast. It also boasts a new modern vegan menu. Erin Bashllari and his family developed a few vegan menu items while they were briefly closed during the beginning of the pandemic. As soon as they reopened, those new meatless options were in high demand. There are vegan waffles, a vegan scramble, taco salad and of course, vegan donuts.

Ready to sip and savor? We hope you’ve brought your appetite! It’s a new year, and there’s an abundance of new food and wine trends that will be served up in 2022. Jonathon Alsop, founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School and author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional.”

Until I spent a few days with a vegan family, playing poker, drinking wine and eating what they ate, I had no idea how good a vegan diet can make you feel. I learnt a few other things too. “Yeah, we used to cook that a lot when we first became vegan,” said one of the boys after I made my only contribution to the menu, an anchovy-free version of spaghetti alla puttanesca with pine nuts, olives, finely grated lemon peel, fried breadcrumbs and parsley. Afterwards everyone was still hungry. And I understood – belatedly – that vegan food is best viewed not as a sub-species of vegetarian or carnivorous food (those, with a bit less) but as its own genus. To do it well you need to think along completely different lines.

As a professional taster, I evaluate hundreds of alcoholic beverages (mostly wines) each month for articles I write. Most of these wines are good, some very good, and others outstanding. Unfortunately, a few wines rate “not very good,” and they are not included in my articles. I have...

Consumer interest in vegan wines is growing, with vegan-friendly wines showing up in many supermarkets and Google searches for “vegan wine” soaring in recent years. But what makes a vegan-friendly wine vegan? And how’s it different to conventional winemaking techniques? I’m an oenology and chemistry researcher; I’ve spent years studying wine and winemaking processes. To explain the difference between vegan and non-vegan wines, I first need to walk you through the basics of conventional winemaking. So top up your glass and let’s begin. Leer más: No,...

Paso Robles is a wine jewel of the central Californian coast, home to more than 200 labels. The region is often associated with Sideways, the dark comedy about love, infidelity, and overindulgence. But it’s a multi-faceted destination, picturesque with its olive groves and sunbaked hillsides and flourishing viticulturally, as it’s among the fastest-growing wine regions in the country.

A cold-and-snowy January day drew two of us for lunch at Laurentia Winery in Madison to sample Executive Chef Wiliam Davis’ new menu. I’d first known Davis from Loretta Paganini’s International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute in Chester Township, where the Culinary Institute of America graduate worked and taught other would-be chefs before accepting the chef position at Laurentia. It’s one of the few places open for lunch and early dinner on Mondays, when many restaurants are closed.

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's something many Portlanders have been waiting a while for. You can now experience Oregon's wine country just minutes from downtown. Amaterra opened Wednesday in the West Hills. It's a vineyard, production facility, winery, restaurant and event space all in one. KATU got to talk with...

The College Housewife blogger and "Everyday Entertaining" cookbook author shared her Mediterranean salmon recipe.

There’s a new kid on the block—midtown’s Ice Blocks, that is. Nico Wine, a bottle shop and wine bar with a sweet patio that’s perfect for people watching, joins establishments like Good News Wine and Ro Sham Beaux in bringing natural wines to Sacramento’s vino cognoscenti.

KFC debuted Beyond Fried Chicken in January — they nailed the texture of chicken nuggets, and I'm excited to see what else they can do.

Twisted Plants, a Cudahy restaurant serving vegan burgers and other plant-based comfort food, is planning a second location on Brady Street. It could open as soon as April at 1233 E. Brady St., where Betty's Burgers and Custard closed in November. Arielle and Brandon Hawthorne opened their Cudahy restaurant at...

To be clear, I am not about to shame religious institutions that hold congregants to dietary restrictions like kashruth or halal, I’m about to shame industries that profit off hurting humans and the Earth who love to deflect blame to the general population. I am one of the last...

A wintery escape to Sonoma County is an intimate experience with new sights tastes to savour, and people to meet. The Pacific Ocean brings the lively whale migration and bounty of crab season, while the dormant vineyards are resplendent in yellow colours of wild mustard blooms after the rain, and new, dynamic experiences emerge to sate the appetite for curiosity. Check out what to expect when visiting Sonoma County winter.

I tried a to-go dinner from upscale eatery Alinea in Chicago that consisted of beef Wellington, mashed potatoes, and dessert. Here's how it went.

DIESEL Vegan is a 100% whole food, plant-based blend of 5 unique proteins and the first fully vegan protein with human-matched levels of amino acids that are within 13% of levels, as stated by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.). Most people think that vegan proteins are the same as whey, but that’s simply not true! They are often sadly deficient in many of the critically important aminos in the proper ratio. DIESEL Vegan has been calibrated to deliver 23 grams of pure protein with over 2 grams of the #1 growth and recovery amino – Leucine! If you thought that only non-vegan proteins could deliver aminos like this, think again!