The wine
Record
Zero Point Five is a German Pinot Noir from Josef Leitz. A trade page says the alcohol was removed. The producer’s process page for the Eins-Zwei-Zero range does not name this bottle, so the machine stays off the record. A score waits on a pour.
How it was made
Classification Dealcoholized
Evidence status Retailer sourced
Metro Wine & Spirits lists Josef Leitz Zero Point Five as a non-alcoholic Pinot Noir from Weingut Josef Leitz, Germany, 750 ml, at $22.99 on 2026-09-24. The listing copy says red currant, cherry, and light tannins, and calls it a no-alcohol product. That copy is not a tasting. The bottle photographed for this record is labeled Leitz, Zero Point Five, Pinot Noir, alcohol free. Wines Direct, on a page for this Zero Point Five Pinot Noir, says the alcohol was removed on a spinning cone column at about 35°C, and lists Germany, Baden, and 0.5% ABV. The Eins-Zwei-Zero process page describes vacuum distillation, with alcohol boiling at about 29°C, as a feature of every ZERO product. That page does not name Zero Point Five or Pinot Noir. Its FAQ says the Eins-Zwei-Zero range is below 0.1% vol, with a bottling tolerance up to 0.38% vol. Those house figures are not applied to this bottle.
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Method: Wines Direct says this Zero Point Five Pinot Noir had the alcohol removed on a spinning cone column at about 35°C. The Eins-Zwei-Zero process page says vacuum distillation, with alcohol boiling at about 29°C, for every ZERO product, and does not name this cuvée. No machine is published on the record.
- ABV: Wines Direct lists this bottle at 0.5% ABV. The Eins-Zwei-Zero FAQ says that range is below 0.1% vol, with a bottling tolerance up to 0.38% vol, and does not name Zero Point Five or Pinot Noir. This record prints 0.5% from the product page.
Product record history
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Product record history
- Research record. Product facts researched; not yet tasted or scored.
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- Open Method — Wines Direct says this Zero Point Five Pinot Noir had the alcohol removed on a spinning cone column at about 35°C. The Eins-Zwei-Zero process page says vacuum distillation, with alcohol boiling at about 29°C, for every ZERO product, and does not name this cuvée. No machine is published on the record.
- Open ABV — Wines Direct lists this bottle at 0.5% ABV. The Eins-Zwei-Zero FAQ says that range is below 0.1% vol, with a bottling tolerance up to 0.38% vol, and does not name Zero Point Five or Pinot Noir. This record prints 0.5% from the product page.
Verified facts
Evidence: Retailer sourced · 3 sources
- Sourced ABV 0.5% Verified from a retail listing · Sep 2026
- Sourced Classification Dealcoholized Verified from a retail listing · Sep 2026
- Undeclared Method Technique undeclared Not disclosed
- Sourced Origin Baden, Germany Verified from a retail listing · Sep 2026
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