? about de-alcoholizing wine
 

I have a friend who was recently put on a medication and he was told that he
can't drink any alcohol. I was thinking trying to remove the alcohol from a
few bottles of my wine for him. Is there any trick to this? I would imagine
that just heating the wine to the boiling point of ethanol would work. How
long do I have to keep it at that temp?

Also, what might I expect in terms of flavor? Is this a waste of time?

Lee

"LG1111" > wrote in message
...
>I have a friend who was recently put on a medication and he was told that
>he
> can't drink any alcohol. I was thinking trying to remove the alcohol from
> a
> few bottles of my wine for him. Is there any trick to this? I would
> imagine
> that just heating the wine to the boiling point of ethanol would work.
> How
> long do I have to keep it at that temp?
>
> Also, what might I expect in terms of flavor? Is this a waste of time?

If you used vacuum, at room temperature, to remove alcohol you _might_ get
something that's palatable. Otherwise, I'd recommend you forget the whole
idea or just go buy Arial. Boiling off the alcohol will ruin the wine.

Tom S

"LG1111" > wrote in message
...
>I have a friend who was recently put on a medication and he was told that
>he
> can't drink any alcohol. I was thinking trying to remove the alcohol from
> a
> few bottles of my wine for him. Is there any trick to this? I would
> imagine
> that just heating the wine to the boiling point of ethanol would work.
> How
> long do I have to keep it at that temp?
>
> Also, what might I expect in terms of flavor? Is this a waste of time?

If you used vacuum, at room temperature, to remove alcohol you _might_ get
something that's palatable. Otherwise, I'd recommend you forget the whole
idea or just go buy Arial. Boiling off the alcohol will ruin the wine.

Tom S