PLUS & MINUS

Prosecco NV

WineSparkling

Plus & Minus Prosecco bottle
Image: The Dry Standard

84/100

The short take

Green apple, ripe peach, and honeysuckle on a pale, finely sparkling Prosecco. Off-dry and light, with acid and sweetness in step, and a mousse that fades. Convincing and worth pouring again, though modest in depth.

Tasted Karl HillHow we score

Who it’s for A cold glass when you want Prosecco’s fruit and a fine bead, and you would pour it again.

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Updated 30 Oct 2026 — origin corrected.

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In the glass

Appearance
Pale straw, brilliantly clear, with fine, delicate bubbles. A moderate mousse builds on the pour and fades quickly.
Nose
Moderately expressive. Fresh green apple and ripe peach, with a thin thread of honeysuckle. Clean, and the orchard fruit and the flower stay in proportion.
Palate
Off-dry and light, with moderate acidity and a fine bead that gives the fruit some lift. Sweetness and acid stay in step. The profile is crisp and restrained, and the fruit persists without turning sugary or sharp.
Finish
Medium and clean. It resolves into a refreshing close, with a gentle impression of fruit that lingers and then leaves. No bitter edge, and no extra wave of flavor.
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How wine-like is it?

Separate from the score. A convincing resemblance is not a higher rating.

Convincing as Prosecco in the approachable fruit, the refreshing acid, and the light sparkle. The off-dry balance is credible. The mousse is the part that does not last.

The wine

The collar does not last. Pale straw and brilliantly clear, the pour throws a moderate mousse of fine bubbles and then lets it slip away. What is left is still Prosecco: green apple and ripe peach, a thin thread of honeysuckle, and an off-dry palate light enough to stay refreshing.

Sweetness and acidity keep step. The fruit does not go sugary, and the acid does not go sharp. The bead is delicate rather than forceful, so the first sip feels lively and the glass goes quieter once the foam has dropped. That is the trade. The sparkle refreshes the fruit while it is there, and it does not manufacture depth after it goes. Fruit persists, but only gently, through a clean medium finish. There is not much concentration behind it, and not much complexity once the sparkle has eased.

The parts stay integrated. Nothing sticks out as a correction for the missing weight, which is why the glass drinks more completely than its modest body suggests. Eighty-four. I would pour it again. The fruit, the acid, and the light sparkle make a credible Prosecco. The limit is how little mousse, and how little depth, the wine holds onto.

84 sits above the median of the 22 dealcoholized Sparkling bottles we've tasted.

The bottle

Trade record, where to buy, and product facts. Show Hide
Research notes

On the same trade list, other wines are specified as < (0.05%). This Prosecco is not given that ceiling. The page names Glera, Australia, winemaker Corey Ryan, and a cork, says the alcohol is removed, and says grape skin extract is added. It does not name the machine. The front label reads plus & minus and prosecco, under a cork and wire hood. The trade page’s flavor description is not a tasting.

Where to buy

Fourth Wave Wine

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Package

750 ml bottle

Typical price

90.00 AUD / package

Availability observations
PackageObserved listingPriceUnit price
Observed at Fourth Wave Wine90.00 AUD

Checked 30 Oct 2026
Availability

Bottle Stop listed the 750 ml at $13.99 AUD on 2026-10-30. Alcofree listed it at $14.89 AUD and sold out. Blackhearts & Sparrows listed it at $14.00 AUD and out of stock online. Fourth Wave’s trade page lists a six-pack at $90 AUD and does not print a single-bottle price.

Prices and availability are independently observed and may change. Retailer listings do not imply endorsement. A different package is labeled as a different format. Reader-service exceptions and commercial links are identified above; neither affects scores, rankings, classification, verification, or editorial coverage.

Product facts

Producer
Fourth Wave Wine
Origin
New South Wales, Australia
Vintage
NV
Grapes
Glera
Closure
Cork
Base beverage
De-alcoholised Glera sparkling wine from South Australian vineyards, made and bottled in New South Wales by Fourth Wave Wine (producer range page and bottle label).
Bottle / can
750 ml

Ingredients & nutrition

Ingredients
Grape juice concentrate, grape skin extract, sulphites (US bottle label)Verified from the bottle label
Calories
28 kcal per 100 ml (Alcofree)
Sugar
4.9 g per 100 ml (Alcofree)
Per 100 ml
28 kcal · 4.9 g sugar

Tasting notes are opinion. Facts are printed only when a source supports them. Scores are not for sale, and a sample does not guarantee a review.

How we score and verify · Send a correction

Cite Karl Hill, “PLUS & MINUS Prosecco NV,” The Dry Standard, October 28, 2026, https://drinkdrystandard.com/reviews/wine/plus-minus-prosecco/. 84/100.

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Sources & verification

Facts checked Oct 2026 5 primary sources Method: not disclosed Conflicts: 3 noted Show details Hide details

Where sources disagree

Sources disagree on the following points.

  • ABV: The photographed US bottle label states the Prosecco has less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, which is now the canonical package figure. That <0.5% statement is a range-level declaration and does not resolve the producer’s Zero Alcohol specification, which remains 0.0%. Fourth Wave’s trade specification sets Alcohol to Zero Alcohol. Bottle Stop also prints 0.0%. Alcofree prints <0.5% ABV. Blackhearts & Sparrows prints 0.5% ABV.
  • Region: The photographed label gives the producer address as Level 3 The Forum, Ermington NSW 2290, so the canonical region is New South Wales. The Fourth Wave range page attributes the range to premium South Australian vineyards, which is retained as grape origin rather than as the region.
  • Ingredients: The Fourth Wave trade page says grape skin extract is added. Alcofree lists de-alcoholised wine, grape seed extract, and sulphites.

Evidence at a glance

  • Bottle verified11 facts
  • Producer documented4 facts
  • Retailer sourced7 facts

Sources

  • Bottle / can label Bottle label

    • Abv label
    • Ingredients label
    • Production type label
    • Region label
    • Importer
    • Storage
    • Claim
    • Ingredients
    • Region
    • Base beverage
    • Volume
    Bottle verified
    3 notes
    Importer
    US label names the importer as MACK & SCHUHLE, with a Miami FL 33149 address and a US phone contact ending 78 047.
    Storage
    Label instruction reads refrigerate after opening and consume within two days.
    Claim
    Label carries a VEGAN FRIENDLY WINE mark and states the wine is dealcoholised and contains grape skin extract.

  • Producer fourthwavewine.com.au

    Producer documented
    2 notes
    ABV
    The same list prints < (0.05%) for other wines, not for this SKU.
    Production
    The range page says alcohol is gently removed. The trade page says the alcohol has been removed. Neither names the machine.

  • Producer alcofree.com.au

    • Calories
    • Sugar
    Producer documented

  • Retail listing fourthwavewine.com.au

    • Grapes
    • Country
    • Producer
    • Closure
    • Method
    • Price
    • Availability
    Retailer sourced

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Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
  1. ReviewedReviewed and published.
  2. UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
  3. ABV verified · ABVCorrected from 0.0% (exact, from the Fourth Wave trade specification) to <0.5% (less than, from the photographed US bottle label). The photographed bottle label states less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Exact-package evidence controls the package-level figure; the producer trade-spec value is retained in discrepancies.
  4. Fact corrected · RegionCorrected from South Australia to New South Wales (grape origin: South Australia). The label gives the producer address in NSW 2290. Vineyard geography from the producer range page is preserved as grape origin.
  5. Fact corrected · IdentifiersCorrected from EAN-13 9344154017073 only to EAN-13 9344154017073 (AU trade page) plus UPC-A 850021856946 / EAN-13 0850021856946 (bottle label). The photographed US bottle carries its own barcode. Distinct market codes are stored as separate identifiers per the package-level identity rules.
  6. OpenDiscrepancyABV, Region, and Ingredients.

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