We tend to think of wine as a stand-alone drink that speaks for itself, but the dancing flavours are far too special and twinkly to be left on the sidelines when it comes to cocktail making. Just ask Mulled Wine, or Bucks Fizz. Yes, we know that bucks fizz is made using champagne, but switch it with a sweet sparkling alcohol-free wine and you’ve proven our point.
So whip out the white, rush for the red and retrieve the rosé, as you put together these inviting vino mocktail recipes from Wise Bartender.
White Wine Spritzer
Let’s be honest, the weather has been exceedingly hot this summer. And when it’s hot, we tend to crave a crisp, refreshing cocktail over something a bit richer. Which is why we’re recommending the ever refreshing white wine spritzer to top your wine mocktail agenda.
This delightful dance of dry, sour flavours is perfect on a quiet friday night in your garden, served as an accompaniment to a dinner party, or even at a posh bbq.
Tip top tipple advice: Serve this cocktail as cold as you can to make it to reap the full flavour benefits. You could even try leaving both the wine and club soda in the freezer for 30 minutes to achieve this.
Ingredients:
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3 parts Oddbird Domaine de la Prade Chardonnay Organic Alcohol Free White Wine
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1 part club soda
- 1 lemon
Recipe:
- Pour your AF white wine into a wine glass
- Top with club soda
- Garnish with a twist of lemon rind (or slice of lime if you’d prefer)
Mimosa
A mimosa is one of the easiest cocktails to throw together and is made solely of 2 ingredients: champagne and orange juice. Despite its simplicity, it remains a proper people pleaser.
If you want to treat your guests to the best of the best, or give yourself a glimpse into a life where you drink fruity concoctions along the Seine, spend two minutes whipping up this little gem of a beverage.
Ingredients:
- Wild Life Botanicals Nude Alcohol Free Sparkling Wine
- Freshly squeezed orange juice
Recipe:
- Half fill a champagne flute with AF sparkling wine
- Top the glass up with orange juice
New York Sour
From a people pleaser to a crowd favourite that will have your guests begging for your nimble-fingered secrets, we would like to introduce you to the Virgin New York Sour; a two-tiered sunrise that seems to defy physics.
This drink combines the classic sweet and sour flavours of a whisky sour, topped with dry red wine to create a taste sensation that will blow your sober socks off.
Ingredients:
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2 ounces Lyre's Non-Alcoholic American Malt Spirit
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1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
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½ ounce of maple syrup/sugar syrup
- ½ ounce Ariel Cabernet Sauvignon Alcohol Free Red Wine
Recipe:
- In a cocktail shaker or mixing jug, combine the American Malt Spirit, lemon juice, spirit and plenty of ice
- Shake/stir well to combine
- Fill a tumbler with fresh ice and strain in the cocktail mix
- Pour the wine into the tumbler over the back of a bar/teaspoon. It should ‘float’ on the top
Frosé
If you ask your friends what they picture themself drinking in a rooftop swimming pool during summertime, they probably wouldn’t say a Frosé, but they will when you serve them this grown-up slushie.
It’s fruity, it’s flavourful, it’s fiercely fresh. It’s a Frosé.
Ingredients:
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1 bottle of McGuigan Zero Rose Alcohol Free Wine
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250g strawberries
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1 tbsp honey
- Juice of 1 lemon
Recipe:
- Pour the rosé into a pan/tin and freeze overnight
- The following morning, mix the strawberries with the honey, add a dash of sugar if you like your cocktails extra sweet
- Leave the strawberry mix to sit for 30 minutes
- Blend the frozen rosé, strawberries and lemon juice together
- Pour into a large serving jug ready to pour for your guests
If you’re still unconvinced by wine mocktails, or none of our recipes tickle your fancy, sample our selection of reds, whites and rosés to drink solo, or check out Wise Bartender’s pre-made cocktails that can be whipped out of the fridge at a moment’s notice. However you choose to enjoy AF drinks, we’ve got something for you.
