Alcohol Free Wine?

[vicnsue]

We have just return from a Celebrity cruise last week and next month we will be sailing on the Radiance of the Seas. Our friends ordered Fre (the brand name) wine at dinner. It is alcohol free and it was surprisingly good. Does anyone know if it is available on the Radiance? 

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

Looks like they do, but it's under the Sutter Home name and not Fre.  Fleet wide wine list and Gifts & Gear is only showing the Sutter Home non-alcohol wine available. Sutter Home makes Fre.  http://media.royalcaribbean.com/content/en_US/pdf/Domestic_Wine_List.pdf

  

Edited October 10, 2022 by ATSEAMYLIFE

[vicnsue]

Thank you so much for the information. I spend an hour this afternoon looking for a wine list and couldn’t find one. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[shellunderwater]

Uuummm... grape juice.....

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[RandomUser123]

I completely misread the topic. I had it in my head as "Alcohol, Free Wine" thinking someone was seeing if there was a way to get free wine on the ship 🙂

[vicnsue]

10 hours ago, shellunderwater said:

Uuummm... grape juice.....

I know, but here’s the thing. The process removes the alcohol but the wine still tastes like wine, not grape juice. Now it’s not the best glass of wine, but if you cannot have alcohol because of health issues it works. 

[Ret MP]

Please, nobody take this as a criticism of any type.  It's just my feelings:

 

Alcohol Free Wine, to me, is like taking a shower with a raincoat on.

[Joseph2017China]

So, a fancy name for Grape juice?  So my understanding is that grape juice, is pretty much limited to a few companies, but you can remove alcohol from wine, it really is only grape juice, but now you have a big variety of grape juice?

[shellunderwater]

6 hours ago, vicnsue said:

I know, but here’s the thing. The process removes the alcohol but the wine still tastes like wine, not grape juice. Now it’s not the best glass of wine, but if you cannot have alcohol because of health issues it works. 

To clarify....I'm teasing.

[vicnsue]

1 hour ago, shellunderwater said:

To clarify....I'm teasing.

👍

[Joe Ces]

Hello,  we ae planning on sailing with RCCL again soon, either Liberty or Symphony of the Seas. Does anyone have current information (2024) about alcohol-free wine - Fre or Sutter Home for example - on these ships?

Is it fairly available at most bars?  

Can you buy a few bottles and take them to room?

 

Thank you

[robtulipe]

These are showing available on page 7 of the wine list using the link in post 2 above.

Non Alcoholic Wines

221 Sparkling, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

231 Chardonnay, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

241 White Zinfandel, Sutter Home Fre California, USA 251 Premium Red, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

 

Edited April 22 by robtulipe

[Toddcan]

I'm not a drinker, but aren't there 2 types of "Alcohol-free" wine?

 

1. De-alcoholised (removed most, but not all alcohol.  Typically less than 0.5% remaining)

2. Sparkling grape juice / fancy grape juice, etc - 0% alcohol - was never made with it.  

3. Other?? 

 

 

[smokeybandit]

Alcohol free wines are typically alcohol-removed.

[Toddcan]

2 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Alcohol free wines are typically alcohol-removed.

I thought so... If the OP was looking for 0% alcohol, a de-alcoholised wine won't give you that.  Just something to be aware of in case it's important. 

[smokeybandit]

1 minute ago, Toddcan said:

I thought so... If the OP was looking for 0% alcohol, a de-alcoholised wine won't give you that.  Just something to be aware of in case it's important. 

Agreed. "zero alcohol" is a trade/commerce/legal definition under a certain amount of alcohol. But if you truly need zero alcohol, alcohol free wines aren't what you're looking for.

[doghog]

Welch's grape juice. 

[BND]

I have yet to find any alcohol free wine that is worth drinking.  The Fre ones suck.