Author:
Schmitt Matthias,Patz Claus-Dieter,Rheinberger Anja,Giehl Anja,Freund Maximilian,Christmann Monika,Wolf Christian
Abstract
The demand for dealcoholized wine has been steadily increasing in recent years. Moreover, the attention for such products is probably increasing even more. More producers are seeking to participate in the marked to dealcoholized wine. Due to that increasing demand and market awareness the different legal authorities are also discussing the regulation and harmonizing of rules, for those products. However, there is a lack of precise data on how to analytically describe these products on the market. To this end, the present study examined 200 commercial dealcoholized wines and their carbonated variants on the basis of key enological analytical parameters (acidity, density, extract, glycerin, exact alcohol content, etc.). This work aims to help understand the specific characteristics of dealcoholized wines that are currently found on the major wine markets.