Drink Article - Non-Alcoholic Wines Who Knew?

I thought I'd seen it all.... and then one day I was confronted with a new wine I'd never seen before, "Fre". Not that I know every wine in the book by name, but I like to think that I have a general knowledge of what's out there, and then this Fre stuff came along. Wow! What a great breakthrough in the world of wine. I don't think you have to be Italian to agree with me on this one, because I happen to think life without wine would be nothing other than dull. But, alcohol isn't what makes wine altogether enjoyable and pleasing to the palette, and there are many occasions when a alcohol-free alternative is just what you are looking for - especially for designated drivers. So now you can enjoy all the characteristics of premium wine - without the alcohol.

This is where the Fre Wines by Sutter Home come into play, as they have been producing alcohol-free wines since 1992 with a breakthrough dealcoholization process called the spinning cone column. Developed in Australia, where it is also used to improve the quality of fruit juices, the spinning cone facilitates a two-step procedure for the separation and collection of a wine's fragile aroma and flavor essences and the subsequent removal of its alcohol. Sutter Homes Fre Wines are available in Chardonnay, White Zinfandel, Merlot, Premium Red, Sparkling Brut and Spumante.

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