Non-Alcoholic Wine - Where Can You Find Them?

The first thing you MUST decide about buying nonalcoholic wine is why. Do you like the taste of wine? Do you want the health benefits? Do you want to fit in at your next party? That's going to drive how you solve this problem you've encountered.

Let's say that you like the taste of nonalcoholic wine. Well there are many vineyards that produce these non-alcoholic drinks, Sutter Home being the one with the best distribution. Well the taste is a direct product of the fermentation process, so fancy grape juice is not what you're looking for. There are several processes that take the alcohol out of wine - look for the cold pressed kind. The non-alcoholic wines that were heated to remove the alcohol also lost some of the nutrient value. (Stay Tuned for the list of vineyards. . .)

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But let's say you really just want the health benefits of wine. That's an easy one because grape juice actually has the health benefits of wine. You can't get the health benefits of alcohol without the alcohol. Did you know that Welch's - the folks who make grape juice - were the first to make nonalcoholic wine? There was a ban on alcohol in the New Jersey town where Dr. Welch lived so he invented a way to pasteurize grape juice instead of fermenting it. His success grew from there. There just happens to be a couple vineyards that make gourmet juice and sell it in wine bottles - very cool.

So check out these wineries to buy your next nonalcoholic wine or 'gourmet' grape juice:

Ariel Vineyards
Sutter Home Fre Wines
RedLand Juice
Emmanuel Winery
Sweet Water Cellars

If you're just looking to look hip at your next party - without the alcohol - fill up the punch bowl with this, it not only tastes fantastic - but it looks pretty too:

4 parts lemonade
2 parts club soda
1 part pomegranate juice
crushed ice

Non-Alcoholic Wine - Where Can You Find Them?

Dan Morris - Owner, Author of http://www.benefits-of-resveratrol.com, a site that explores the healthy goodness in wine, and other nutrition based sites.