The wine

Record

Allendorf’s Save Water Drink Riesling free is a dealcoholized Rheingau Riesling. The estate says the alcohol was removed and does not name the machine. The residual on the US sheet is 0.05%; WineBarn prints 0.5%. A score waits on a pour.

How to drink it

10–12°C (estate product page).

How it was made

Classification Dealcoholized

Evidence status Producer documented

The estate sells Save Water Drink Riesling free as the alcohol-free variant: Rheingau Riesling, fruity, stainless steel, gentle dealcoholization that it says keeps the Riesling character. It does not print a number for alcohol. The US importer sheet for the alcohol-free Riesling lists 0.05% alcohol, 47.0 g/L residual sugar, 7.0 g/L acidity, and 100% Riesling from Winkel. The bottle in hand is the free bottling, not the Schorle. Serve at 10–12°C, per the estate page. The estate’s drink window is about three years.

Sources disagree on the following points.

  • Abv: The displayed residual is the importer’s 0.05%. It is not collapsed into 0.5%.
  • Sugar: The displayed sugar is the importer figure. Acidity of 7.0 g/L agrees on both sheets.
  • Style: The public style follows the estate. It is not labeled dry.

Product record history

Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.

  1. Research record. Product facts researched; not yet tasted or scored.
  2. Abv — Sourced check for abv.
  3. Production_type — Sourced check for production_type.
  4. Sugar — Sourced check for sugar.
  5. Price — Sourced check for price.
  6. Open Abv — The displayed residual is the importer’s 0.05%. It is not collapsed into 0.5%.
  7. Open Sugar — The displayed sugar is the importer figure. Acidity of 7.0 g/L agrees on both sheets.
  8. Open Style — The public style follows the estate. It is not labeled dry.

Verified facts

Evidence: Producer documented · 3 sources

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  • Sourced ABV 0.05% Verified from the distributor · Sep 2026
  • Sourced Classification Dealcoholized Verified from producer documentation · Sep 2026
  • Undeclared Method Technique undeclared Not disclosed
  • Sourced Origin Rheingau, Germany Verified from a cited source
Sources 8 facts · 5 sources · Facts checked Sep 2026

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