Non-Alcohol & De Alcoholized - are there any good ones?
The last posting I could find about this was a couple of years old. My dad LOVES wine, but for medical reasons has had to virtually give it up (a glass now and then for a special occasion). I have had a couple of glasses with him of whatever it is he has found, and while it is better than pretending grape juice is wine, it was sadly lacking. I would love to be able to find something his doctor and my stepmom will let him keep in the house that actually has some similarity to the real thing. Any helpful suggestions? And thanks, but mixing the no-alcohol variety with the real thing won't pass muster.
By KaimukiMan
on Nov 1, 2007 05:09 PM
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There was a thread on this very topic - a few months ago. Anyway, to make long story short I am afraid there is no non-alcoholic wine that would even remotely resemble the real thing. The flavor and texture are greatly affected by removal of alcohol. Sorry for the bad news.
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thanks.... must have missed it somehow but here it is for those of you who also missed it... http://www.chowhound.com/topics/434612
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There are/were three main technologies employed to remove the alcohol from wine: vacuum, reverse osmosis, and spinning cone. None really yield a satisfying result, IMHO. Ariel (which uses r.o.) and Sutter Home's "Fre" (which uses the spinning cone technology) are probably the best of a bad lot, but if you don't expect a lot, you'll have less to be disappointed with . . .
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