THE QUESTIONSince the alcohol ban started again, a lot of my friends have been talking about “de-alcoholised” wines. How do they take the alcohol out of wine, and does it taste like the real deal? — Curious in KwaZulu-NatalTHE ANSWERI put the question to an expert, winemaker Reg Holder, who is the mastermind behind the local Lautus range of de-alcoholised wines. He says that removing the alcohol from wine is done at low temperatures under a vacuum using “spinning cone technology”. First, he explains, “the wine’s volatile flavour and aromatic essence is captured and set aside”.

Source: The Local August 12, 2020 14:03 UTC