To just want to find a non-alcoholic wine that doesn't taste like shloer?!

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20 weeks pregnant, missing wine so much. Every non-alcoholic one I've tried tastes like shloer.

Does a 'realistic' one exist? Or do I admit defeat and wait until baby is here...

Tesco do quite a nice non-alcoholic rosé called Eisburg which I liked when pregnant.

Yep it's the Freixenet fizzy, others all a bit rubbish. There are some really nice alcohol free gin type things, Sea Arch

I really like Sainsburys own zero alcohol rose although I don't actually like normal rose wine. I also like Becks Blue with a lemonade top. McGuigan wines do a palatable white alcohol free.

Defeat. I can recommend you some that don’t taste like shloer but they do taste like ribena and soda water which is just as rank. Try non alcoholic fruit ciders.

Save your money OP, I love white wine and all fizzy versions thereof but the low/no alcohol wines taste awful.

I recommend super chilled lemon Perrier (if you can find it or lemon slices in Perrier) as a Cava substitute. Diluted Grapefruit juice is my go to alternative to Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

Has anyone ever found a non-alcoholic red that doesn't taste like thin, vinegary Ribera?

I tried macguigan because Good Housekeeping Magazine recommended it. Reader, they lied, it's just as bad as eveything else.

I don't mind non-alcoholic cider though, have you tried that OP?

Thank you so much for your replies! The post was slightly tongue in cheek (slightly) 🤣 obviously I'm very grateful to be pregnant but I just miss wine and the social aspect of drinking it. I will try the noughty one and some of the others but also save my money for some lovely New Zealand Sauvignon once they're here 😄

I had one called Ein Zwei Drei in a pub the other day which wasn’t bad.

But agree with the recommendation for Big Drop beers, especially the Citra.

Also recommend bitter orange Monin syrup with tonic and a couple of drops of butters.

Bitters

Lyre's prosecco is amazing! It was the only thing I found during pregnancy that tasted close to the real thing, without that overly sweet flavour that a lot of the others have. And they make spirits too, they do a good fake Aperol! Highly recommend.

lyres.co.uk/

Every non alcoholic wine made me throw up so gave up and celebrated after my babies arrived x

There is loads of great AF wine on the market now. M&S do a good red and rose (not tried the white). Morrisons have a great AF section with good wines. McGuigan AF wines are good. And Freixenet do a good AF sparking. So much choice these days!

I didn’t manage to find a non alcoholic wine that I liked when pg; settled for some of the AF beers that have been mentioned or seedlip and tonic/ some of the flavoured tonics. Ultimately I got fed up of that too and just had fizzy water then very much enjoyed a glass of champagne when we got DS home a couple of weeks after he was born (preemie).

No, none of the non alcoholic wines taste like wine. The beers and ciders are better

These are amazing threespiritdrinks.com/products/blurred-vines-spark-sharp

My OH has found a red he quite likes with dinner
wisebartender.co.uk/jose-maria-da-fonseca-original-syrah-alcohol-free-red-wine-05abv-14563-p.asp
Has a reasonably rounded deep flavour.

I like the McGuigan Rose, it tastes just like Zinfandel.

I love the 2 (white & Rose) that the co-op do. It’s not quite no alcohol - there’s 0.4 units in a bottle.

And I second the Real Royal Flush kombucha. We tried it with friends and everyone found it delicious and festive - definitely not sickly sweet. Slightly preferred it to Noughty sparkling, which was also good.
www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/real-royal-flush/806624-746535-746536

They're all shit ime. AF prosecco and beer are pretty good though.

I craved a specific cocktail when I was pregnant with one of mone. At weird times of the day, like first thing in the morning on the train to work or something, so I feel your pain!

Most of them taste like absolute shite.
The Freixenet fizzy is the only one worth touching

M & S Rose . Delicious.