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Two to four bottles. The page shows which differences are real — score, alcohol, how it was made, price, and evidence. No overall winner.
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| Editorial | ||||
| Record Differs | Tasted | Tasted | Tasted | Not yet tasted |
| Score Differs | 79 | 79 | 78 | Not yet tasted |
| Verdict | Appalina is the alcohol-free line of Rheinhessen's Weinkellerei Hechtsheim: lemon, pear and green apple under 0.5%, priced like a house wine. | Ariel's Non-Alcoholic Chardonnay is a reverse-osmosis dealcoholized California Chardonnay from the J. Lohr family — less than 0.5% ABV by producer claim. | American dealcoholized Chardonnay under 0.5% ABV — golden apple, pear, and honey on the nose; soft, lightly sweet vanilla-oak through the middle; medium appl… | Not yet tasted |
| Flavor Differs | Lemon, Pear, Green apple, Mineral | Passionfruit | Apple, Pear, Honey, Vanilla, Oak | Not yet tasted |
| Sweetness Differs | — | — | Off-dry | Not yet tasted |
| Body Differs | Light body | Light body | Medium body | Not yet tasted |
| Acidity Differs | — | — | Moderate acidity | Not yet tasted |
| Likeness | Chardonnay in the orchard fruit and the dry lean. Lemon, pear, and green apple sit on a faint mineral spine that carries a light close. Clean, and light. | A Chardonnay that keeps its shape. Tropical fruit and pear, oak as a quiet spice rather than butter, and a body that holds better than most dealcoholized whites. The fruit leaves first. The spice stays quiet. | Reads as a soft California-style Chardonnay — orchard fruit and light oak, not juice dressed as wine. | Not yet tasted |
| Facts | ||||
| Method Differs | Vacuum distillation | Reverse osmosis | Spinning cone | Undeclared |
| Origin | Rheinhessen, Germany | California, United States | California, United States | Washington, United States |
| Evidence | ||||
| Verification Differs | Secondary source | Producer documented | Producer documented | Producer documented |
| Sources | 4 sources | 4 sources | 3 sources | 4 sources |
| Last verified | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-26 |
