Topic: wine gums

When you ask what’s in wine gums, the most important answer is this: no wine, and no alcohol. These popular chewy candies are essentially…

Despite their sophisticated name and fruit-forward packaging, wine gums contain absolutely no wine, nor any alcohol whatsoever. The name, coined by British confectioner Charles…

It’s a question often asked by those who, after a long evening of actual wine, might find themselves reaching for a bag: why are…

If you’re reading this, you’ve likely had a bag of wine gums and found yourself wondering, for the umpteenth time, why they carry such…

Despite their ubiquitous presence, Maynards Wine Gums are not actually the best wine gums you can buy in Canada. For a genuinely superior chew…

The origin of wine gums is firmly attributed to Charles Gordon Maynard, a British confectioner who invented them in 1909. These iconic chewy sweets…