Bottega

Bottega entered the alcohol-free category in 2020 with two sparkling grape drinks, one white and one rosé. Both are made from unfermented grape must, meaning the grapes are pressed and the juice carbonated without allowing fermentation to begin. This keeps the products at a genuine 0% ABV and preserves the fresh aromatic character of the grape, rather than producing a dealcoholised wine from which the alcohol has been removed after fermentation. In 2023, Bottega extended the zero-alcohol lineup with a lemon liqueur alternative, positioned for festive and citrus-forward occasions.

Bottega is best known across its wider range for the gilded metallic bottle it introduced in 2001 for its Prosecco, a format that became widely recognised across the sparkling wine category. The zero-alcohol range carries the same Venetian aesthetic and premium positioning into the AF space.

The alcohol-free range is available through specialist alcohol-free retailers. Occasion-focused sober-curious drinkers who want something that reads as celebratory rather than functional will find the sparkling range and the lemon liqueur alternative well suited to that purpose. The combination of a five-decade institutional history and a production approach that starts from unfermented grape must gives Bottega a distinct identity in the AF sparkling category.