Alcohol-Free "Wines" Offer Holiday Alternative
Filed in archive Wine News on December 2, 2007

From The Cincinatti Post:
The same antioxidants found in regular wine also exist in alcohol-free wine. "If the same grapes were used," Clydesdale says, "the wine would have the same kind of phenolics. . ."If you're curious and want to try some of the alcohol-free wines available, here are a few:
Typically, alcohol-free wine is made by extracting the alcohol through a filtering or vacuum process, while leaving the other components intact. By law, the wines must be less than one-half of 1 percent alcohol.
Carl Jung - The wine is made in Germany and available only online in the United States. Last year U.S. customers bought up 20,000 bottles according to the company's Internet sales manager.
Ariel Vineyards - A division of J. Lohr, Ariel wines are made from premium grapes grown in California, including cabernet from the Napa Valley and many other varietals from Sonoma, Paso Robles, Monterey and the Delta. Last year the company sold 1.2 million bottles of alcohol-free wine according to Craig Rosser, sales marketing director for Ariel and export director for J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines.
Fre - Made by Sutter Home, Fre wines are available online, as well as at many major retailers
Inglenook St. Regis - The St. Regis wines should also be available at larger liquor stores and readily available.
How do they taste, though? Well, the producers claim they're delicious. Apparently Ariel wines even won a gold medal at the L.A. County Fair in 2006. But I've also heard that they are bland, possibly due to the de-alcoholizing process.
Would you drink alcohol-free wines? Or would you just rather reach for the grape juice if you couldn't have a glass of wine?
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Response from:
Shirley Lepe
(02/14/09 12:39pm)
My opinion, you do not need to be on any holiday to have a glass of Alcohol-Fred Wine, I drink it and love it, before I used to drink the wine with alcohol in it, but for heath reasons I cannot have alcohol, in addition Restaurants and other places should offer this product, is better than a regular soda pop.
Response from:
Holiday Rehab
(04/09/09 7:29am)
It\'s a very good idea. Studies have found that by FAR the holidays are the worst time for alcoholics. Also, not so hot for depression and drug use.
http://www.michaelshouse.com/alcohol-treatment/
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