Sutter Home Winery Fre Alcohol Removed Merlot

This was the only alcohol free wine I've ever tried and so far an absolute flop! It literally tasted like vinegar and juice. I attempted to make it a "spritzer" to try to drink it since it was almost 10$ at a specialty store only place I could actually find it. Maybe other flavors might be better... But the Chardonnay was terrible!

Really not bad, you can taste the fruity quality,and it stands up to red meat well. Of course without the alcohol you lose some of the subtle sweetness that a true merlot has. But I can no longer drink any alcoholic drinks, so this is a nice alternative.

Even the Fre chardonnay is too sweet. Why can't a company make a dry alcohol free wine? There are several NA beers that taste like beer so why not make a wine with no alcohol and MUCH LESS sugar?

I had high hopes after reading reviews to enjoy a glass of this after a long work day....however, it was just a less sweet version of regular grape juice.

I will just keep this simple by saying I LOVE LOVE Merlot... that love being the begining of a problem for me. I quit drinking alcohol 4 months ago & have tried several different non-alcohol wines & haven't been to impressed UNTIL this one. I found it very pleasent & the price was exceptional ... My only complaint is I can't find any local store to stock & shipping gets a little costly.

This is without doubt the worst alcohol free wine I have tasted.

As this wine was so bad I have tried mixing it with full alcohol wine but that simply destroys the good wine.

I strongly suggest you look elsewhere as there are some quite good alcohol free wines out there now like Torres Natureo for instance.

With 'Alchol' consumption (Over indulgence) in mind, looking for a 'low volume' Red Wine is like looking for a needle in a haystack! 13-14% Vol appears to be the norm. If anything like me, once uncorked or unscrewed! a bottle seemed to evaporate all to quickly. More from the health aspect, I Started looking at the 'alcohol free' wines on the market and quickly discovered they are definately an aquired taste. varying from the yuck! to the mmmm!, but that could be said also of Normal wines. I then started experimenting by diluting the 'non alcoholic' with 'alcoholic' wine. There are so many flavours of wine available its a case of everyone to there own taste! Through trial and error I found with its fairly rich fruity flavour the 'Californian Fre Merlot' palatable with most of the higher volume Merlot wines Stating off at 50-50 you can dilute to taste! I even found after a while I could drink it on its own. Useful if your driving to take with you to friends on social occasions. Better than drinking cokes or squashes all evening. It even makes cheaper 'Plonks' more palatable. Before anyone asks or makes any comment I do not have any connections with the company and as you might have gathered am not exactly a wine connoisseur. Just someone who likes red wine but concerned about alcohol intake. For white wine drinkers or for a change the Fre Chardonnay (chilled) is quite a pleasant drink, even on its own

Fre Alcohol Removed Merlot,is a very warm and fruity wine a little dry of which is pleasant to the taste,it has a nice red colour not too dark its lovely smooth taste makes drinking alcohol free wines easy,when a drink taste this good you dont need alcohol, what i liked about it was its easy deep warm taste i cant give you any dislikes because i cant find one to write about but i'm sure someone will find one,you dont know how alcohol free taste until you buy it.