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Making Non-Alcoholic Wine Will Never Be Easy. Can Momentum Carry It Forward?

VinePair

Go to any bottle shop these days and you’re bound to be greeted by a respectable section devoted to non-alcoholic offerings. Making a good non-alcoholic wine was never going to be easy. That, and there’s a one-two punch of complexity and mouthfeel in good wine that’s very hard to hang onto after you remove the alcohol.

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Denisse Soto’s Latin American Cocktail Program at Chicago’s Cariño

Chilled Magazine

In June 2021, she founded Denise Soto With Flair LLC and launched La Chingona Miks, a line of drink mixers. Additionally, the restaurant offers a collection of agave-based spirits, craft beer, and a portfolio of Latin American wines curated by Jean Banchet Award-nominated sommelier Richie Ribando (Smyth, The Loyalist, Next).

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What is Non-Alcoholic Wine?

Dry Atlas

This simple phrase is our most-used slogan at Proxies, the brand I co-founded in 2021. But if Proxies aren’t wine, does that mean they’re not non-alcoholic wine either? What is non-alcoholic wine? What is non-alcoholic wine? Typically, non-alcoholic wine is made by first making wine, then dealcoholizing it.

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Imbibe Magazine

. $32 The Bartender’s Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar The newest tome from bar industry vet Jim Meehan, co-authored by Emma Janzen with illustrations by Bart Sasso, delves into the essential non-alcoholic components that make cocktails shine. Perfect for starring in any coffee-centric cocktail.

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The 2024 Wine Growth Brands Awards — What’s Driving sales

Cheers

Coming off three straight years of rapid growth during and after the pandemic, sales in the beverage alcohol industry cooled significantly in 2023. Lower-alcohol wines, sustainably and conveniently packaged brands and proseccos are a few of the trends now driving industry growth. Overall wine decreased 3.4% in 2023 to 336.6

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The 16 Best Rieslings for 2024

VinePair

Many wine drinkers avoid the grape due to its reputation as “sweet,” while sommeliers and wine professionals sing its praises as a complex, age-worthy, high-acid wine. Ever come across a movie that has a 32 percent audience score but 90 percent critics score? That’s kind of like Riesling.

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Why Somms Love Textural Whites From Spain and Portugal — and 8 to Try

VinePair

As red wine skews toward lighter-bodied, low-alcohol, chillable expressions , there’s an opposite movement gaining steam in the world of white wine. Instead of leaning lighter, sommeliers are embracing more textured and full-bodied whites — particularly those from the Iberian peninsula. is another great example.

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