Italy Begins Alcohol-Free Wine Production

Rome: Italy has started producing alcohol-free wine after the agriculture ministry revised a regulation that previously restricted products with an alcohol content of less than 8.5 degrees from being labeled as ‘vino’.

According to Ansa News Agency, a new decree issued by the ministry of agriculture, forestry and food sovereignty allows for the partial or total reduction of alcohol content in various types of wines. This includes sparkling wines, quality sparkling wines, quality aromatic sparkling wines, aerated sparkling wines, semi-sparkling wines, and aerated semi-sparkling wines.

Italian producers who specialize in low or no-alcohol wines can now produce these beverages domestically, instead of needing to manufacture them abroad, as per the decree. However, the decree does not extend to the renowned Wines of Protected Denomination of Origin (PDO), marking a contrast with regulations in France, where such wines are included.