Wine Reviews

NA wine is the hardest category to get right. Beer has carbonation and bitterness to work with. Spirits have botanicals. Wine is mostly about the alcohol itself, the warmth, the body, the way it evolves in the glass, and when you take that out you're working with grape juice that's trying very hard not to taste like grape juice.

A handful of producers have actually cracked it, or at least gotten close enough that it works. A glass of something that looks and smells like wine, even if it doesn't land exactly the same way, still does the job at dinner or a long Sunday afternoon.

I've tried a lot of these so you don't have to. The reviews are honest. If something tastes like Welch's with bubbles, I'll say so. If something actually holds up in a glass, I'll say that too.