Does Low Calorie Wine Taste as Good as Regular Wine?

Yes — when it's done properly. A full-strength wine where the lower calorie count comes naturally from dry winemaking with minimal residual sugar? You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference, and in many cases the wine is better for it.

How are calories reduced in wine — and does it affect taste?

There are three ways to make a lower-calorie wine. Two compromise taste; one doesn't.

Method 1 — Reduce ABV: Lower alcohol means fewer calories (alcohol is 7 kcal per gram). But reducing ABV often means the wine is thin, watery, or flat in character. Many low-alcohol wines add residual sugar to compensate for the lost body.

Method 2 — Dealcoholise: Modern vacuum distillation can strip alcohol from a finished wine. Quality varies widely.

Method 3 — Dry winemaking with naturally low residual sugar: This is DrinkWell's approach. Every wine in our collection is full-strength, and the lower calorie count is the result of selecting dry wines from producers who ferment to completion — leaving 0g of residual sugar. The wine tastes exactly as it should, because nothing has been added or removed.

Our recommended starting points

• → TRACES Sauvignon Blanc — 78 kcal, 0g sugar, 11% ABV, £9.99. Crisp, dry, award-winning. Our most-recommended first bottle.
• → El Ninot de Paper Grenache Shiraz — 76 kcal, 0g sugar, 11% ABV, £9.99. Light, fruit-forward, easy-drinking red.
• → Les Oliviers Grenache Cinsault Rosé — 69 kcal, 0g sugar, 11% ABV, £12.49. Provence-style dry rosé.
• → Skinny Witch Prosecco Brut DOCG — 80 kcal, 0g sugar, 11.5% ABV, £16.99. Award-winning, zero sugar fizz.
• → Piattini Pinot Grigio — 82 kcal, 0g sugar, 12% ABV, £10.99. Crisp Italian white.

Try the range

• → Mixed wine cases — the best way to try several styles at the best per-bottle price
• → Full low calorie wine collection
• → Taster packs — sample before committing to a case

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