A wine with a lower amount of alcoholic degrees is one that has a lower ranking if compared to another, something that is unshakable once it has been produced and distributed. But that could change now after a surprising and innovative creation of a startup Spanish. Alacarte Ventures has invented a machine to reduce alcohol in wine, in any, without losing its quality. The product remains intact both in its organoleptic and sensory properties. It only varies the alcohol level up to the desired limit and, in addition, in a few Few minutes. Learn more below.
Alacarte Ventures between chemistry and wine
If the originality The new invention is already to leave your mouth open, the story behind the creator of the machine is also surprising: Pedro Castells. This Catalan chemist worked for more than a decade in the famous El Bulli restaurant, of the great chef Ferran Adrià, in the scientific department. Likewise, he collaborated in the bullipaedia for more than five years and wrote the book 'The future of the kitchen'. He was responsible for the area of gastronomy and science in the Foundation Alice. In his younger beginnings, he completed the Master in Organic Chemistry from the University of Barcelona.
However, his innovative idea began to take shape when he was working in El Bulli, realizing the need that existed at the time of drink wines with less alcohol. After moving from theory to practice, in April 2018 founded the startup Spanish, International alacarte Ventures along with three other partners. Thus, Jordi Gámez is the CEO of the company, Pere Planagumà is the expert sommelier and Aleix Barandiaran takes care of all the management. The goal they set out was both to improve and speed up the process of reducing the amount of alcoholic degrees in a wine. Always without losing your originality, properties and therefore, quality.
They have already achieved it thanks to a device that emulates the medical technology, very similar to the one used for dialysis of patients who have kidney problems. However, given the premature nature of the invention, currently Castells and his team are looking for investors. They want to be able to manufacture the first thousand units whose sale price would be around three thousand euros. Initially, it would be destined for the hospitality sector. In this way, customers could choose bottles with the desired graduation thanks to the machine to reduce alcohol in wine. Interesting right? But how does this invention work?
This is the machine to reduce alcohol in wine, in a few minutes!
Unlike what happens in other industrial processes for dealcoholize a wine, the advantage provided by this machine Alacarte Ventures it is more than positive. It is essential keep all the qualities of the product so that its quality is not diminished in the nose and mouth of the drinker. This is exactly what the invention of Castells, since it is not an aggressive method in which those key parameters are altered.
The secret is in a membrane system that separates the alcohol from the wine to dilute it in water and then recompose it. It is a very simple procedure that takes just a few minutes to complete. The bottle must be placed in the right place in the machine, filled with water the deposit of this and enter the graduations. Both the initial or origin that appears on the label of the wine product and the one that is desired after the reduction process. Clever! Between three and twelve minutes the objective is achieved, according to the degrees to decrease. For example, from 14 to 8 it takes five minutes.
Other important advantage of this machine to reduce alcohol in wine unprecedented is that it also makes them healthier. Logically, by losing those alcoholic levels, the Calories they are reduced to the number indicated on the device screen. You get one more drink and, too and there is even the possibility of delete, at the same time, sulphites. Thanks to a filter What can be added, these elements will no longer be a problem for those people with intolerances or allergic reactions.
Without a doubt, we are facing a great novelty of Alacarte Ventures which, for the moment, has already succeeded in still wines. The first prototype of the machine to reduce alcohol in wine has worked and later, also with the necessary funding, it could tackle new challenges. For example, the sparkling wines, which are resisting until now.
