Non-Alcoholic Wine
Fre
Trinchero Family Estates’ alcohol-removed wine line — the most widely distributed NA wine in the U.S., spanning Chardonnay, Cabernet, sparkling Brut, and Rosé.
- Type
- Non-Alcoholic Wine
- ABV
- Less than 0.5% ABV (alcohol-removed)
- Format
- Bottles (750ml)
- Made in
- Trinchero Family Estates, St. Helena, Napa Valley, California, USA
- Since
- 1992
Fre has been making alcohol-removed wine since 1992, which makes it one of the longest-running non-alcoholic wine programs in the United States. It is produced by Trinchero Family Estates in Napa Valley: real varietal wine is made first, then the alcohol is gently removed using spinning-cone technology, a low-temperature process that preserves the wine’s aromas before returning them to the finished blend.
Because it starts as actual wine rather than a grape-juice blend, Fre keeps recognizable varietal character across a broad lineup — Brut, Chardonnay, Rosé, Moscato, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Red Blend — at less than 0.5% ABV. Wide grocery distribution has made it the NA wine most Americans encounter first.
Fre lineup
- Fre Brut
- Fre Chardonnay
- Fre Cabernet Sauvignon
- Fre Rosé
- Fre Red Blend
- Fre Moscato
Where to drink Fre
3 verified venues pour Fre.
BODHI
Massachusetts Avenue
BODHI is a 21-and-over Thai craft cocktail bar and bistro at the far end of Massachusetts Avenue, run by Taelor Carmine alongside her mother Nicky Carmine and grandmother Pen Phojanasupan, both of whom spent years in Thai restaurant kitchens. It is women-owned and family-run, with a pan-Thai menu built from recipes passed down through the three of them. The bar treats zero-proof as a build rather than a substitution: the Water Lily Dessert layers Lyre's Dry London Spirit and Fre Rosé over coconut water, strawberry shrub, lychee jelly and soda, and the rotating Secret Garden leans on seasonal fruit and vegetables. Seedlip appears in the seasonal list. The kitchen closes an hour before the bar does.
Hosmer Bar
Orchard District
Hosmer Bar, in Bend's Waypoint Hotel on 3rd Street, puts zero-proof drinks at the front of the offer rather than the back. It makes non-alcoholic versions of the classics — negroni, bloody mary, sours — pours Crux's NØ MØ non-alcoholic beer and Fre alcohol-removed wines, and will substitute non-alcoholic spirits into other drinks on request. Closed Tuesdays; Sunday opens at 10am.
The Ball & Biscuit
Massachusetts Avenue
The Ball & Biscuit opened on Massachusetts Avenue in June 2010 and is generally credited as Indiana's first craft cocktail bar. It was founded by local attorney Trevor Belden with bartender Zach Wilks, who later left to build the Wilks & Wilson syrup line, and takes its name from the 1930s ribbon microphone nicknamed the ball and biscuit — vintage mics and music gear are part of the fit-out. For a bar of that vintage the non-alcoholic list is unusually developed: seven named zero-proof drinks stand alongside the full-proof menu rather than in a footnote, including the Spritz AF built on Lyre's Italian Orange and Aperitif Rosso with Fre sparkling brut, the Twist of Fate, the New Fashioned and the floral Whole Garden.
Frequently asked about Fre
Fre is a non-alcoholic wine made in Trinchero Family Estates, St. Helena, Napa Valley, California, USA with Less than 0.5% ABV (alcohol-removed). Trinchero Family Estates’ alcohol-removed wine line — the most widely distributed NA wine in the U.S., spanning Chardonnay, Cabernet, sparkling Brut, and Rosé.
Varietal-true and approachable: the Brut is crisp and lightly toasty, the Chardonnay round with apple and vanilla, the Cabernet soft with dark cherry.
Less than 0.5% ABV (alcohol-removed). Formulations can vary by market — always check the label for the exact figure.
We list 3 verified venues pouring Fre, across Indianapolis, Bend. Fre is also widely available to buy online and at non-alcoholic bottle shops.
Other non-alcoholic wines worth trying include Ariel Vineyards, Noughty, Surely, Luminara. Each has its own profile — browse them to compare.