See also A lighter shade of Pinot Not many winemakers would decide to demonstrate what they had done wrong to a group of Masters of Wine and, probably even less forgiving, MW students. But...

The UK wine trade is getting seriously interested in a group of wines they have not yet got a satisfactory name for. The working title is Lower, or perhaps Reduced, Alcohol Wines – an amorphous...

Luca Zaia, Italy's charismatic and controversial agricultural minister, has recently attracted a storm of protest after having expressed his dismay that a total ban on drinking and driving would...

Largely unobserved by the rest of us, the world’s most important wine producing country has developed one of the most stringent anti-alcohol policies west of the Persian Gulf. Sarkozy is...

Just a very brief note to say that at long last the Pugibets of Domaine de la Colombette have been allowed by EU authorities to sell their specially reduced alcohol wines, as described here...

Organic and biodynamic wines   This is a vast subject growing in importance which has been covered in some depth on the site already. Although an increasing proportion of...

The US Government, more specifically the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), recently published a ‘final notice’ confirming amendments to the materials and processes...

As reported here earlier this month, DB Wines (initiated by ConeTech) are trialling a reduced alcohol semi-sparkling wine called Sovio in a few selected pubs, bars and clubs in the south of...

In How to make wines a little weaker ,  we reported on the use of the spinning cone to reduce alcohol in wines in California. Who better to ask about the use of the spinning cone in Australia...

The use of the spinning cone to reduce alcohol in wine by about 1% abv is not uncommon, particularly in California, but it is discussed only behind the winery doors (see How to make wines a...

Although the practice of reducing alcohol in wine (as opposed to travailing in the vineyard to give birth to wines with lower alcohol) is far from uncommon today, especially in wine-producing...

It's generally accepted that alcohol levels in wines have been rising, especially in the last couple of decades, and the subject has been aired frequently in the press and on this site. I’m...

Darrell Corti is a very unusual wine merchant. In charge of his family food and wine business Corti Brothers in Sacramento, he is a formidable taster and intellect. Italy is one of his many...

Over one in three women (35%) and one in four men (27%) believe that lower alcohol wines are becoming more fashionable according to the May Consumer Intelligence report issued today by the Wine...

I think I may have encouraged Foyle’s, the famous Charing Cross Road bookstore, to break the law. Or at least do something naughty in the eyes of Britain’s quite exceptionally zealous wine...