With a new, purpose-built North Coast plant, Solos makes its patented aroma recovery tech available to domestic brands, fueling the next wave of NoLo wine innovation.
Hopland, California, November 13, 2025 — Solos, a subsidiary of global ingredient solutions provider Prodalim and the leading innovator creating true-to-source NoLo wines that deliver the aroma and taste today's consumers seek, announced the upcoming opening of its purpose-built no- and low-alcohol (NoLo) plant in Hopland, California. Opening its doors in February 2026, Solos’ state-of-the-art facility brings its patented Aroma Recovery System(ARS) to U.S. vintners following rollout across Europe. ARS closes a critical gap in flavor and sensory-led quality in the NoLo space, a breakthrough empowering brands to create premium NoLo wines that taste like wine should: complex, varietally expressive, and origin-specific.
Global demand for NoLo wine is projected to reach USD$3.7 billion by 2030, with premium wine priced at $15 and above estimated to make up $1.5 billion of the market.i With its sought-after technology now available to U.S. vintners, Solos is creating a flywheel for the development of high-quality NoLo wines while expanding market access for brands. Operational now, Solos’ on-site pilot plant in Hopland mirrors full-scale production with 1:1 fidelity, empowering producers to quickly test and refine their own wines, eliminating guesswork and accelerating the innovation cycle.
“Solos’ technology represents a fundamental leap forward for the NoLo category,” said Matt Hughes, general manager of Solos Technology USA, Inc. “Our ability to sustain aroma and vinosity down to 0.0% empowers our partners to close quality gaps and bring varietal character, structure and quality back into focus. We’re excited to catalyze the next generation of wine innovation.”
Aroma plays a pivotal role in how taste, structure, and mouthfeel are perceived. When a wine’s aromatic fingerprint is retained, consumers experience a more true-to-source product delivering emotional and sensory continuity from the original to its NoLo version. Developed and refined over 10 years of deep R&D and unique among NoLo solutions, ARS uses solid-phase extraction to capture a high volume of aroma molecules directly from a dealcoholized wine’s liquid distillate. Aromas are then reintroduced, carrying a wine’s original aroma signature to the finished product.
Located in the Feliz Creek Wine Business Park off of Highway 101, the 9,000-sq-ft Hopland facility includes 1,700 square feet of office and client space designed for hands-on collaboration. On-site tank storage and mobile bottling integration enable a seamless end-to-end solution for customers. Powering dealcoholization is a Centec DeAlcoTec vacuum distillation column, recognized for efficient, gentle alcohol removal at low temperatures. Dealcoholization with aroma recovery by ARS occurs at speeds of up to 800 gallons an hour, with current annual capacity of four million gallons.
Rack & Riddle, the #1 custom sparkling wine producer in the U.S.ii, is Solos’ exclusive partner for sparkling wine production. With a process centering on Solos’ ARS, Rack & Riddle will manage NoLo sparkling wine product development and finishing, inclusive of packaging in a variety of in-demand formats. The sparkling leader’s product expertise and finishing infrastructure, combined with Solos’ game-changing technology, offer a turnkey onramp for quality-minded brands eager to access the important sparkling wine subcategory of the NoLo market.
Solos’ Hopland plant joins facilities now servicing markets in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain and France, as Solos scales rapidly to meet global demand for premium NoLo production. While the U.S. plant focuses on wine, Solos also provides aroma recovery and essence solutions for beer and spirits, including branded and white-label applications, with further updates expected in 2026.
Producers interested in trials or capacity can learn more and express interest at https://solostechnology.com/contact or send an email to [email protected]
About Solos & Solos Technology USA, Inc.
Solos is a global leader in aroma recovery for premium dealcoholized beverages. At the core of its offering is the Aroma Recovery System (ARS) by FlavoLogic GmbH, a multi-patented solid-phase extraction innovation that captures and reintroduces original aroma signatures to create true-tosource NoLo (no- and low-alcohol) wines and other beverages.
Solos provides leading-edge NoLo contract manufacturing through a growing international network, including facilities serving Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, and the U.S., with additional markets to follow. With a commitment to innovation, precision, and product integrity, Solos empowers producers across wine, beer, and spirits to craft premium products that meet modern consumer expectations without compromise.
The newly established U.S. arm of Solos, known as Solos Technology USA, Inc. and headquartered in Hopland, California, expands the company’s capability to serve North American clients with localized expertise, dedicated support, and tailored solutions designed specifically for the diverse U.S. marketplace. solos-technology.com
About Rack & Riddle
Rack & Riddle is the leading custom sparkling wine producer in the United States, founded in 2007 by wine industry veterans Rebecca Faust and Bruce Lundquist. The company specializes in crafting superior sparkling wines using the traditional Méthode Champenoise and Charmat methods, supported by state-of-the-art technology across four modern wineries located in Healdsburg, Alexander Valley, Geyserville, and Lodi, California. The company is the exclusive U.S. sparkling partner of Solos’ patented Aroma Recovery System. rackandriddle.com
i SOURCE: Grand View Research, Non-Alcoholic Wine Market Report, 2023–2030. Premium segment ($15+) estimate based on prevailing premium wine share of total wine market value.
ii SOURCE: Rack & Riddle internal data (3.5 million case capacity, four facilities, 400+ winery client base).
Centec GMBH and Solos - by Prodalim, to sign a Cooperation Agreement
Centec and Solos by Prodalim have agreed to cooperate on the construction of modules for aroma recovery from a vacuum rectification plant based on a regenerable resin bed according to the patented process of FlavoLogic a subsidiary of Prodalim. These modules are to be used in particular in dealcoholization plants of the "DeAlcoTec" type from Centec GmbH to further optimize the taste of the end product. The agreed cooperation includes collaboration in the planning, project execution, delivery, installation and commissioning for the dealcoholization of fermented products such as wine, cider, beer, and spirits.
The world is experiencing a dramatic growth in demand for high-quality alcohol-free products. The main challenge of the industry is the loss of aroma during the process. The combination of the great know-how and experience of Centec in building alcohol removal equipment, and the advanced patented aroma recovery technology of Solos, brings full premium quality solutions to the industry.
Since 1987, the Prodalim group, consisting of five global companies, has been distributing a wide range of products and solutions for the juice and beverage industry. From meticulously processed raw materials such as fruit extracts, juice concentrates, and purees to versatile services including sourcing, blending, and product development, Prodalim offers comprehensive support at every step of the manufacturing process for its customers.
Founded in 1976, the Centec group operates worldwide and specializes in high-precision measurement technology, fully automated process systems, and complex turnkey projects, particularly for applications in the brewing, wine, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Among other things, Centec has decades of specific expertise in the dealcoholization of fermented products using the "DeAlcoTec" vacuum rectification system developed in-house, as well as all processes in addition to dealcoholization, such as product conditioning and aroma dosing, carbonation, alcohol storage, flash pasteurization, CIP systems, and media supply as well as refrigeration systems.
With the contractually agreed cooperation, the project partners are jointly pursuing the goal of having Centec build the improved aroma recovery method patented by FlavoLogic and integrating it into new and existing "DeAlcoTec" plants as an optional module. Furthermore, Prodalim service centres equipped with "DeAlcoTec"/FlavoLogic technology are to be created worldwide as a result of this collaboration, which will enable dealcoholization on a contract basis for local customers.
