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Don't know much about the low/no-alcohol wine, but we bought some Seedlip which is really nice distilled botanical stuff - very good sub for gin, tastes great. There's a place off Old Kent Road which does really nice (and some very low alcohol) brews: https://theoriginalsmallbeer.com/ The beers are superb.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I have tried Alcohol Free Red Wine (Cannot

> remember what it was)

> It tasted awful. Very sweet, A bit like neat

> Ribena

> could not drink it. Would not even cook with it.

>

>

> Foxy


Oh dear, Foxy?s missed the point again


Fox, it?s not about you, or what you dislike. It?s about what you?d recommend.



Anyhoo, I?d recommend the Small Beer from Bermondsey too. The Steam Lager is great, lovely taste and it has that nice rounded mouthfeel to it too, which many lack. It?s also 1% ABV.


Some of the wine recs sound interesting, specially the Waitrose one.

Seabag Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I have tried Alcohol Free Red Wine (Cannot

> > remember what it was)

> > It tasted awful. Very sweet, A bit like neat

> > Ribena

> > could not drink it. Would not even cook with

> it.

> >

> >

> > Foxy

>

> Oh dear, Foxy?s missed the point again

>

> Fox, it?s not about you, or what you dislike. It?s

> about what you?d recommend.


WomanofDulwich said "they were all horrid, ..


But you did not criticise her for expressing her 'Dislike'


Your personal vendetta against The Fox is Tiresome


I have not tried ANYTHING that I would recommend.


DF

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > DulwichFox Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > I have tried Alcohol Free Red Wine (Cannot

> > > remember what it was)

> > > It tasted awful. Very sweet, A bit like neat

> > > Ribena

> > > could not drink it. Would not even cook with

> > it.

> > >

> > >

> > > Foxy

> >

> > Oh dear, Foxy?s missed the point again

> >

> > Fox, it?s not about you, or what you dislike.

> It?s

> > about what you?d recommend.

>

> WomanofDulwich said "they were all horrid, ..

>

> But you did not criticise her for expressing her

> 'Dislike'

>

> Your personal vendetta against The Fox is

> Tiresome

>

> I have not tried ANYTHING that I would recommend.

>

>

> DF


Wowser

M&S do a range plus these sparkling fizzy juices that look like craft ciders and country wines.


I bought the grape rose one yesterday, so I?m looking forward to trying, I?ll post my thoughts on it later. But at ?2.50 it?s worth a punt.


I did notice that the alcohol free wines were all but sold out at M&S, the staff telling me that they are very popular, so yes, there we go, it?s the way forward this Christmas.

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