(The following was meant for last weekend, unfortunately the site was down for a while and I was unable to post. Sorry this is late, and Happy Holidays everyone!)

This weekend I will be heading out for a few days, unfortunately I don’t have time to bring you guys a brand new recipe this time. However, I did stumble upon one that I think you might like.

While my spouse and I were grocery shopping, there was a couple of happy looking gals by a piano that played itself – I know, fancy smancy! They were giving out free samples of what appeared to be wine and champagne. Come to find out, they were alcohol free! So I, like many people… passed them up. After a while, the fresh fruits and herbs being cut into the wines were too much to resist, so we stopped by and asked a few questions. It turns out the poor girls had hardly given out any samples. Most people (like us) were not interested in taste testing alcohol free wines. They gave us as much as we wanted, because they were leaving soon, and all of it was going to go to waste. I have to say, this particular wine concoction was simply delicious!

The company that posted this recipe is called Fre, and I am pretty sure that their wine is Vegan; however, you may feel more comfortable using a wine that you’re more familiar with. What I liked about this alcohol free wine was that the delicious flavor of the grapes were not drowned out by the sharp flavor of alcohol, and the fruit just made this luscious aroma drift about the area.


I urge you to try this with your favorite non-alcoholic wine, or even a nice organic grape juice. Enjoy!

1 heaping tablespoon of diced strawberries
1 tablespoon torn basil
1 ounce simple syrup*
1/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
4 ounces Vegan White Zinfandel alcohol-removed wine

Muddle strawberries, basil and simple syrup in the bottom of a tall glass. Add ice. Fill with Vegan White Zinfandel.

* Bring 1 cup of water, 2 cups of Vegan sugar to a boil, then reduce temperature and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool, and refrigerate.