Giesen – Riesling

Our expert team have been the proud winemakers behind New Zealand’s #1 selling Riesling for years now. So when we invested in state-of-the-art technology for making dealcoholized wines, it was only a matter of time until we added a New Zealand Riesling to our award-winning Giesen range. We’re proud to bring you a Riesling wine in our sell-out alcohol-removed wine range – an aromatically expressive, crisp and refreshing New Zealand Riesling with the alcohol gently removed.

How does it Taste? This dealcoholized Riesling features notes of lime, citrus blossom and elderflower on the nose. The palate offers lively and refreshing Riesling characters, with zingy lime, ripe mandarin and delicious sweetness, all balanced by a refreshing crisp finish.

Award Winning Non Alcoholic Wine: Our Giesen  Dealcoholized Riesling has been recognized around the world, picking up accolades at a number of extremely prestigious award ceremonies. These include the Global Low & No Alcohol Wine Masters in the UK, the Mundus Vini Non-Alcoholic Wine  Competition, and the International Wine and Spirit Competition. We were also very proud to be awarded a Gold Medal at the World Alcohol Free Awards.

But is it Wine? We want our non-alcoholic options to give you everything you’d expect from a premium New Zealand wine. So we go through the entire winemaking process, before we gently remove the alcohol. Here’s how we do it… Using innovative spinning cone technology popular in perfume-making, we separate the wine into three parts: alcohol, aroma, and body. We leave the alcohol behind, recombine the aroma and body, and add just a touch of premium grape juice to balance the final blend. This advanced form of distillation allows us to handle the wine gently, maintaining the integrity of our distinctive flavor palate and texture throughout the process.

DID YOU KNOW? The guidelines for what counts as “wine” relate to how the product is made, rather than whether there is any alcohol content! So because we ferment our grapes first, yes – Giesen is still classed as a wine. That’s how we get such a varietally expressive end product!

100% Guilt Free: At just 33 calories per 5 Oz serve, a glass of Giesen – New Zealand Riesling has 70% less calories than the regular 10.5% alc/vol Estate Riesling and over 50% less sugar than many fruit juices. How’s that for a bonus?! Because it’s low calorie, you can enjoy any time you’d like the feeling of a glass of premium New Zealand Riesling… without the downsides.