Italy has started producing
alcohol-free wine after the agriculture ministry changed a rule
barring products with an alcohol content of less than 8.5
degrees from calling themselves 'vino'.
A new decree from the ministry of agriculture, forestry and food
sovereignty says "it is possible to partially or totally reduce
the alcohol content of wines, sparkling wines, quality sparkling
wines, quality aromatic sparkling wines, aerated sparkling
wines, semi-sparkling wines and aerated semi-sparkling wines".
Italian producers of low or no alcohol need no longer do it
outside of the country, the decree says.
However, famed Wines of Protected Denomination of Origin (PDO)
are not included in the move, unlike in France.
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