Can Someone Help Me Decipher This?

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Thank you for taking the time to contact us and express your opinions about

Arbor Mist wines. We appreciate hearing from you!

Fining agents are used on a lot-by-lot basis by the winemaker to optimize

wine quality. Some fining agents contain proteinaceous materials.

Proteinaceous fining agents are used to react with color and/or tannin

molecules to make them removable by subsequent filtration. Both the fining

agent, the color and/or tannin it reacts with are removed by the filtration

process.

All of our fining agents are approved by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade

Bureau (TTB, formerly the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)

One of our standard fining agents contains Micronized potassium casseinate

[casein is milk protein], food grade gelatin, egg albumin and other food

grade components.

I hope the information we have provided is helpful. We appreciate your

interest in Arbor Mist wines, and look forward to serving you as a valued

customer.

If I may be of any assistance in the future, please feel free to contact me

at 1-800-836-9463 Ext 67663.

Sincerely,

Jiyou Z. Brink

Consumer Relations Representative

Arbor Mist Vineyards

Can anyone help me understand this? Are they saying that they use casein but that it's removed by the filtering process? Does anyone else agree with that? Are there any other fruity wines that we can have? I can't have casein or gluten. I've also contacted wild vines so I'll post that when I recieve a reply.

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They are saying that on a lot by lot basis they use finings on the wine, your main problem is the type you like.

The process is used as a short-cut and if you like young fruity wines then its the easiest way for them to clear the wine quickly without proper aging and a subsequent mallo-lactic fermentation.

The process is exactly like making a clear boullion when you add egg white and strain it through muslin cloth.