Wine, beer ...anything!

[MrsPLondon]

I'm 7 weeks pregnant and really missing my glass of wine with dinner. Can anyone suggest a nice, not too sweet, grown up drink I can have with a meal? I've tried cranberry juice which is ok but not great. Ideally i'm looking for a non-alcoholic wine but can't find one that isn't horribly sweet. Any thoughts gratefully received!!

Tonic water still tastes of gin even on it's own - fact.

Lime & soda quite nice too. I even resorted to a bitter lemon on occaision.

All the non- alchoholic wines v sweet IMO.

If you like beer, I can wholeheartedly recommend alcohol-free Erdinger - it's a wheat beer, so kind of creamy and a bit fruity-tasting, but still tastes exactly like the real thing. It's really good and has been a boon to me in all those moments when DP is sucking back a lovely frosty beer in the evenings

Oh, and congratulations!

cyanarasamba, I thought you had to avoid tonic water in pregnancy because of the quinine? Have a look at this.

What about elderflower cordial and fizzy water?

sorry I had no idea!

have you tried ame or schloer type drinks? or maybe white or red grape juice topped with sparkling water? - I found having cranberry with sparkling water in a wine glass made it feel more special .

I too found Lime and Soda very addictive and looks grown up too (except when you fancy a beer then having it in a pint glass satisfies that urge too

Alcohol-free Becks is available in larger Sainsbos and is not a bad substitute if chilled sufficiently. DH (not a big drinker) had several bottles of it at DD's christening before realising it wasn't the real thing (poor thing was most disappointed, he'd thought he'd outgrown his 'half a pint of lager gives me a hangover after 5 minutes' syndrome!)

I must investigate the Erdinger, not seen that one, it sounds niiiice....

Aqua Libra dry was okay too, I dimly recall. Pineapple juice topped up with fizzy mineral water is surprisingly refreshing and the fizzy stuff cuts through the sweetness.

you can get tonic water without quinine can#t you?

Perhaps not with a meal - well maybe a spicy one or a pizza - try Cobra non alcoholic beer. I drank it loads when I was pregnant. Get it really cold and down it and it's almost like the real thing!!!