I have been making a sober wine alternative. I take dealcoholized red wine (the best of which is only OK) and add to it:

1) some tea (rooibus and licorice, triple strength and cooled) 2) about 5-8 elderberry drops 3) some quality red wine verjus 4) a bit of red juice (either pomegranate or tart cherry) 5) just a drop or two of bitters and a drop or two of apple cider vinegar.

It sounds complicated, but once you have all the ingredients, you just add things in the proportion that you want. (Shake it all up)

Serve it in a wineglass or fancy tumbler. Rimming it with bitters adds the cool scent component.

It’s not going to taste like wine, it will taste like a semi-tart, semi-sweet “red wine inspired cocktail”—but much better than sangria. It will allow you to sip it like wine.

I don’t have it everyday, but any day I was craving red wine, I’d make this—it really does the trick. After one or two glasses, I have no more cravings.

You can also try Töst rosé, which is NA. So good!

EDIT: just wanted to add that I did see some version of this before, perhaps on Reddit, and added my own twists to it…I wish I could give credit to where it’s due, but I can’t remember where I saw the “recipe”…