About This Drink
Oddbird's Presence is one of the more ambitious efforts in the alcohol-free wine category. Five grape varieties from Alsace and the South of France — Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Viognier, Sylvaner, and Sauvignon Blanc — are grown organically, fermented, and aged for up to 12 months before being dealcoholised through vacuum distillation at low temperatures. The result is a 0.0% wine that hasn't been stripped down to fruit water. On the nose it opens with a wide floral character: white blossom, something faintly spicy from the Gewurztraminer, and a hint of citrus lifting through. The palate follows with tropical fruit — pineapple, guava, ripe pear, grapefruit — and there's a genuine sense of layering here, not just sweetness. The finish is where it earns its keep: crisp, mineral, with a faint saline edge that pulls it back to something dry and wine-like rather than soft and fruity. Certified organic and vegan-friendly, it's available from specialist AF retailers at around £18 a bottle. Not cheap for a zero-percent wine, but the five-variety blend and the 12-month ageing before dealcoholisation justify the price point better than most.
Ingredients
Dealcoholised wine (grapes, preservatives: sulphites), rectified grape must concentrate, carbon dioxide, preservatives: sulphites






