Cocktails with Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Wine
Sparkling wine with the alcohol removed, for alcohol-free spritzes, Mimosas and French 75s. Removing alcohol thins the body, so many keep some residual sugar and taste fruitier than brut. Like any sparkling wine it goes flat fast: ISH says 3–4 days in the fridge, tightly closed; Lyre's says 48 hours with a stopper.
- Type
- Mixer
- Aroma
- Apple, Citrus, Grape
- Taste
- Fruit, Acidity, Bubbles
- Finish
- Crisp, Fresh
4 drinks with Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Wine
History
The big sparkling houses now make them: Freixenet's comes from the Penedès in Spain, and Germany's Leitz makes its Eins Zwei Zero in the Rheingau. Lyre's Classico is not wine at all but a flavoured sparkling drink.
How it’s made
Freixenet ferments grapes to about 10% ABV wine, removes the alcohol by vacuum distillation at 40°C, then filters and adjusts CO2 and sulphites. Leitz and Noughty also vacuum-distil, Noughty recovering the aromas before carbonating; Freixenet's ends at 0–0.05% ABV.
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