Abstract: A method for the production of low alcohol wine comprising separating a fruit juice into a high sugar fraction and a low sugar fraction, stripping volatile components, such as high-boiling point esters, from the fruit juice or from the high sugar fraction and adding them to the low sugar fraction, and fermenting the low sugar fraction. A preferred method of separating the fruit juice into high and low sugar fractions is by fractional crystallization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 1987
Date of Patent:
February 20, 1990
Assignees:
Bioquip Australia Pty. Limited, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization