Zaccagnini

Cantina Zaccagnini has been making wine in the hills of Bolognano, Abruzzo since 1978, when Marcello Zaccagnini and his father decided to stop selling their grapes and start bottling their own wine. What began with roughly a thousand bottles a year has grown into one of the region's most internationally recognised producers, now exporting to dozens of countries.

The winery is probably best known for its Tralcetto range, named after the small vine twig that has long been tied to the neck of every bottle — a rustic touch that became a signature. The broader Tralcetto lineup covers the full sweep of Abruzzese classics: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Trebbiano, Pecorino, and Cerasuolo among them.

The de-alcoholised wines sit under the same Tralcetto banner and launched in 2024, initially with a red and white before a sparkling joined the range. The process uses vacuum distillation to remove the alcohol in two stages — volatile aromas are captured first and preserved, then reintegrated after the ethanol has been removed. The result sits at 0.0% ABV. The white is built from Italian white grapes and drinks fresh and harmonious with notes of yellow fruit and white flowers. The red has a smooth tannin profile with red berry character.

Zaccagnini is first and foremost an established wine producer, and these de-alcoholised bottles are a measured extension of a long-standing range rather than a brand pivot. That means you're getting a winemaker's approach to dealcoholisation rather than a product conceived from scratch for the AF market. Whether that's an advantage depends on what you're after, but the quality of the base wine is not in question.

Available from specialist alcohol-free retailers in the UK. Pricing sits at the accessible end of premium.

The Collection

Tralcetto Dealcoholized White Wine