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Yes, I suppose that came across a bit sneery, and no, I wouldn't have expected them to drink it of course. However, having been subjected to some of the most bizarre holier-than-thou dietary and lifestyle one-upmanship I've ever encountered (including some awful anti-vaxer bollocks), the glaring error in reading comprehension and subsequent literal arms-length handling of the bottle couldn't help but be a bit absurd.
Shitty attitudes and schadenfreude I guess.
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The wine wasn’t drunk because it wasn’t vegan. End of. I find it weird to say that you were amused though.
Had it been a dinner party for coeliac sufferers and a wheat item was discovered, that too would have been treated like a live bomb, but I’m guessing that wouldn’t be as funny due it being a medical rather than ethical issue?
The most important thing, I think, is to respect other people’s life choices without assimilating or mocking them. I know you guys eat eggs from your own chooks and consider that to be part of your definition of veganism, but I’m sorry to say that a vegan lifestyle is black and white: no animal products at all. Plant based is another matter and might not tickle you so much.
Not being deliberately obtuse here or asking for a “#cba” response, just suggesting that a more empathic approach might be better.