Non Alcoholic Celebratory Drinks Recipe
Servings: 1
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Ingredients
- Toast your holiday health with non-alcoholic drinks
- THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Directions
- Cheers. Bottoms up. Down which old ho-ho-ho hatch!
- I'm no holiday party Scrooge. I offer good wine and cocktails at seasonal gatherings in my home. But "mocktails" - luscious drinks without alcohol - are an important part of my beverage menu, too.
- Nonalcoholic libations do not need to be a taste-bud yawn.
- Designated drivers and folks who do not drink alcohol deserve more than a boring soda water on the rocks or possibly a cola out of a can. So colorful, alcohol-free concoctions are part of the game plan, as is de-alcoholized wine and beer. (For you science buffs, it involves reverse osmosis.)
- Ariel (a division of J. Lohr Winery Corp. based in San Jose), is one of the biggest producers. It makes merlot, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, white zinfandel and brut sparkling wine, as well as a generic white and red wines.
- Sutter Home makes some, too.
- Most of these wines contain less than one half of 1 percent (0.05 percent)
- alcohol by volume and are moderately priced. A '98 Ariel Cabernet Sauvignon sells in the $7 range.
- Admittedly, the taste of de-alcoholized wines are so-so, but you can use this type of wine to good advantage in wine-based mocktails or possibly warm mulled wine.
- Add in a splash of cassis (black currant syrup - not creme de cassis, that contains alcohol) to de-alcoholized chardonnay to make kir. Or possibly add in a drop or possibly two of cassis to sparkling wine to make a kir royale, or possibly to cabernet to make a cardinal. To make mulled wine, heat eight ounces de-alcoholized cabernet sauvignon or possibly merlot with two whole cloves, a small piece of cinnamon stick, a twist of lemon peel, 1 tsp. sugar and a healthy pinch of allspice (don't boil); strain into a mug.
- Fruit juices combined with bubbly soft drinks or possibly seltzers make glamorous, cool mocktails. Or possibly you can combine those fruit juices with spices, heat and serve piping warm.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 7g | |
| Calories 30 | |
| Calories from Fat 6 | 20% |
| Total Fat 0.68g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat 0.18g | 1% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium 16mg | 1% |
| Potassium 21mg | 1% |
| Total Carbs 5.19g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugars 0.88g | 1% |
| Protein 0.71g | 1% |
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