Entalkoholisierter Wein: the German legal wine name

The short answer

Entalkoholisierter Wein is the legal German name for wine dealcoholized to at most 0.5% vol. Above that it is partially dealcoholized. Alkoholfrei may appear beside it. The designation names a process and a ceiling, not a 0.0% residual and not a Dry Standard production verdict for any one bottle.

The legal name is entalkoholisierter Wein at or below 0.5% vol.
Alkoholfrei is a permitted addition, not the designation.
A legal name does not verify an individual review. Evidence stays on the bottle page.

Entalkoholisierter Wein is the German legal designation for dealcoholized wine at or below 0.5% vol. Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 and Weinverordnung § 37 (checked 21 October 2026) draw that line. Above 0.5% vol the wine is partially dealcoholized, which can still be several percent and sits outside this cellar.

What the name says

It says alcohol was removed from wine, and that the finished strength is at or below half a percent. It does not name the machine. Vacuum distillation, spinning cone, reverse osmosis, and undeclared methods stay on each review. How alcohol is removed from wine.

Alkoholfrei may be added. From 0.05% vol the label also states (< 0,5 % vol). See Alkoholfrei.

What it does not do

A German legal name does not verify a Dry Standard record. Classification, method, and evidence are sourced per bottle. How we check a claim.

A search for entalkoholisierter Wein is treated as dealcoholized wine in this English cellar. Alternatives built without a removal step do not belong under this name.

The French counterpart is vin désalcoolisé. The longer map is What nonalcoholic labels mean around the world.

In the cellar

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