Our Best Alcohol-Free Wines – The Giesen 0% Range

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0% Wines

0% Alcohol. 100% Flavour. With over 40 years in the winemaking industry, we’re passionate about creating (and enjoying) incredible wines so it may come as a surprise to some that we’ve created a 0% alcohol rangn increasing number of people looking for more choice in how they consume alcohol, who better to offer a 0% choice than longstanding award winning winemakers with the expertise to create an exceptional alcohol-removed wine?

With avid devotees of Giesen 0% Sauvignon Blanc selling us out across NZ, Australia and the USA, we are the first New Zealand winery to invest in our own innovative spinning cone technology so we can keep the 0% wines flowing. In fact, our Giesen 0% wines have been so popular, we installed a new spinning cone machine that has 10x more production capacity!

With 7 varietals available, our best alcohol-free New Zealand wines make up the Giesen 0% range and feature three major firsts—the first 0% New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, the first 0% New Zealand red wine, and the first 0% New Zealand Riesling.

The wait is over!

We are thrilled to officially introduce the latest addition to our Giesen 0% range – the Giesen 0% Spritz! Learn more here.

July is an ideal month for moderation, making it the perfect time to introduce Giesen 0% Spritz, our newest non-alcoholic creations.

We’re proud to have our 0% range recognised as premium top quality non-alcoholic wines. Here are just some of the accolades they’ve been awarded:

Giesen 0% Sparkling Brut was recommended by both Bob Campbell and Cameron Douglas.
Giesen 0% Sauvignon Blanc received a Silver Medal at the 2021 International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC)
Giesen 0% Pinot Gris received a Trophy and a Gold Medal at the 2023 IWSC
Giesen 0% Riesling was awarded a Gold Medal at the 2023 World Alcohol-Free Awards
Giesen 0% Rosé was awarded 91 points and a Silver Medal at the 2022 IWSC, and 91 points again in 2023
Giesen 0% Merlot received Gold Medals at both the 2023 IWSC and 2023 Mundus Vini Non-Alcoholic Awards, and 95 points and a Gold Medal at the 2022 International Wine and Spirit Competition

Hosted in London, the IWSC sets the international benchmark for quality, standing out in the crowded world of drinks competitions with over 50 years of experience and hundreds of global experts including buyers, producers, distillers and sommeliers.

How do we make alcohol-removed wine?

The process begins with our premium full-strength wines. We don’t cut any corners here and use the same quality wine that we sell as our full-strength Estate wines.

We use innovative spinning cone technology to distil this full-strength wine into three parts – aroma, alcohol, and body. We use the body of the wine and the aroma with just a touch of premium grape juice to produce non-alcoholic wines with balanced flavours.

Our process is a bit different to other options on the market that can use more aggressive reverse osmosis methods or don’t involve creating a wine at all. But taking those extra steps is important to us as it means we can create a final blend that is as much like a real wine as possible.

What is a spinning cone?

Spinning cone technology is a form of distillation that’s popular in perfume making because it can handle delicate aromas with care. This means we can keep as much of the beautiful, varietally expressive aromas as possible to recombine with the body of wine, while successfully removing the alcohol. The final result never has more than 0.5% alcohol – about the same level as what naturally occurs in fruit juice!

Having our own spinning cone onsite means our ability to experiment with the process and produce truly great alcohol-removed wine. It also allows our winemaking team to work with incredibly fresh wines for the best possible non-alcoholic wines.

“One key thing with 0% alcohol wines is that they are fresh! They’ve got to be made fresh, blended fresh and bottled fresh. Having our own spinning cone means we bottle wines within just a few days of being distilled, allowing us to capture the true aroma and produce more varietally expressive wines.”

Enjoy it your way: Non-alcoholic Wine Cocktails

Merlot Diablo (or Premium Red Diablo)

Rosé Compote Spritz