Geoff Johnston of Pirramimma in McLaren Vale (whose wines, from organically grown grapes, are available in Majestic in the UK) sent me the following email after I asked him for some samples to illustrate the effect of the Australian alcohol reduction technology described in New techniques to make wines less alcoholic. I thought you would be interested to hear from a practitioner, albeit one who is clearly already a close associate of its chief proponent David Wollan.
I am collecting some samples for your interest (same base wine e.g. 16.1% 2003 McLaren Vale Shiraz dealcoholized to 13.8% and ready...