Tread Softly is a contemporary, sustainability-minded brand from Fourth Wave Wine, built around naturally lighter, easy-drinking styles. The Everything Except zero-alcohol range is hand-crafted from good-quality South Australian grapes, drawn from established vineyards across the state's warm-to-temperate growing regions. As a de-alcoholised wine there is no single vintage; the base is assembled from selected parcels of Pinot Grigio chosen for freshness and aromatic clarity. The brand's environmental focus extends to the vineyard through more sustainable management, and to a commitment to plant an Australian native tree for every six-pack sold - over 1.3 million trees to date.

Grapes were harvested in the cool of the morning and delivered quickly to the winery for destemming, crushing and a standard cool fermentation in stainless steel to make a base wine. That finished wine was then de-alcoholised: one component was cool-distilled while another passed through ultra-membrane filtration to strip alcohol at low temperature and protect delicate aromatics. The parcels were gently blended back to the original wine to reach a zero-alcohol result, preserving lemon, apple and pear character with fresh, cleansing acidity and a light but flavoursome palate.