Dealcoholisation methods Vacuum distillation
PlatformClearAlc
Tomsa Destil’s vacuum still: three packed columns and aroma cuts. Another platform for the same thermal method.
- 1 Essence The first column catches the delicate volatiles.
- 2 Cut The second takes the alcohol and splits tails.
- 3 Rectify The third splits heads, hearts and more tails.
| Driving force | Vacuum and rectification |
|---|---|
| What leaves | Ethanol as vapour, aromas in separate cuts |
| What happens to water | The maker does not publish a loss percentage |
| Heat | High vacuum, low temperature |
| Type | Platform Part of Vacuum distillation |
|---|---|
| Developer | Tomsa Destil, distributed by BevZero |
| Volume loss | Maker says losses are reduced; no published % |
| Final ABV | As low as 0.05% |
| Wines known to use it | No finished-wine brand credits it yet; Cariñena plant (2026) |
| Best for | Producers who want a tight grip on aroma rebuild and a premium no-alcohol wine. |
What it is
ClearAlc is Tomsa Destil’s vacuum distillation kit, launched in 2024. The company is based in Madrid with more than 170 years of engineering behind it in the alcohol trade: fuel, industrial, potable and by-products. BevZero Equipment holds exclusive global distribution and handles sales and service, but Tomsa Destil designs, builds and lab-tests every unit before it ships.
Like GoLo, it is a modification of packed-column vacuum distillation, not of the spinning cone. What sets it apart is fraction control: heads, hearts and tails kept separate, plus a rectification column.
How it runs
Three columns. The first captures the most delicate volatiles (the essence). The second dealcoholises and splits the finished no-alcohol wine, alcohol-rich vapours (around 45% ABV) and heavy aromas (tails). The third rectifies those vapours: spirit up to 92% ABV (hearts), light aromas (heads) and more tails. The cellar can dose those cuts when the nose is put back together. High vacuum and low heat so the wine’s fragile compounds are not cooked.
The numbers
It works in one automated pass, in models from 800 to 3,000 litres per hour. BevZero’s 2025 and 2026 brochures put final strength at 0.05% ABV, not 0.02%. The 0.02% figure that still circulates is not in the maker’s current materials. Volume loss is described as “reduced”; there is no published percentage, so it is not compared here with a generic 15% vacuum figure.
In 2025 it took the Wine Industry Network WINnovation Award for innovation in dealcoholisation.
Wines that use it
No finished no-alcohol wine brand has publicly named ClearAlc as its method. The kit reached the market in 2024–2025 and is still B2B. BevZero says it uses ClearAlc, alongside its other systems, inside its contract dealcoholisation service.
The nearest Spanish example is industrial, not a label: in September 2026 Destilerías San Valero presented a plant in Cariñena (BevZero / ClearAlc) meant to offer dealcoholisation inside the DOP zone, with start-up announced for October. That serves the partially dealcoholised wine Cariñena’s specification already allows; it does not turn a 0.0% wine into PDO wine. This page will be updated once a named brand credits the kit.