I don't drink it enough to actually buy it. But one of the mock white wines one of my non-drinking friends always offers is called Freixenet Espumoso. It's lovely but I don't know if it's available outside of Spain. For beer, I like FreDam but mostly because I'm one of those unlucky souls who can't tolerate gluten and it's 'sin-sin', sin alcohol and sin gluten.
Nice post, Ron! I stopped drinking nearly 5 years ago before a minor surgery and just never went back. I couldn’t really think of a reason to continue. I don’t know how cool it is but it is the right choice for ME. Nice to have alternatives and I think some of the mock white and rosé wines are delicious. Kombucha is another choice, too. I don’t miss alcohol at all.
Mark Storer, no one is trying to take away your alcohol.
I've never drunk much alcohol (perhaps a rarity in our former profession), and recently my cardiologist told me it was time to give it up completely save for an occasional glass of wine. Our winter cruise last month was my first "dry" cruise. Mocktails, flavored waters, etc were took the place of my favorite cruise drinks. And you know -- it wasn't a bad experience at all.
It’s not that it’s trendy, it’s about health. Recent scientific studies pointed to the potentially very harmful effects of more than one-two glasses of wine per week. It was a wake up call for the population that loves to imbibe. Remember, we’d been told a glass of red wine a day was good for us? Apparently, the opposite is true. Thats why non-alcoholic may be on the upsurge.
Conformist thinking is always an absurdity, and another attempt to slowly change an ancient tradition (alcohol enjoyment) into some kind of crime. If young people are choosing to drink less, that's one thing and choice is everything. But their choices are emboldened by organized autocracy like "dry-January," and "rethink the drink." The progressive mobs that moved through and burned cities down in 2020 now want cannabis legal, and alcohol illegal. This is not theory, and it may be a conspiracy, though I do not know that for certain. The idea that alcohol is a "drain" on society is idiotic. Stories of rehabbing people will not change. Outlaw alcohol, and the most desperate will still get it, still abuse it, and still die in its overdosed anesthetic folds. Meanwhile those of us who enjoy the soil, the story, the grace and elegance of good wine, or Bourbon or tequila, will be deprived. The vast majority of alcohol consumers do not have disordered drinking issues. Not drinking is not cool. It is an attempt to sanitize, conform and further idiot-ify society. Oh, and yes--there is historical precedent, see the U.S. 1920-1933. How'd that work out?
I find this fascinating. Less booze, less sex, fewer children. I hope they’re at least happy.
I don't drink it enough to actually buy it. But one of the mock white wines one of my non-drinking friends always offers is called Freixenet Espumoso. It's lovely but I don't know if it's available outside of Spain. For beer, I like FreDam but mostly because I'm one of those unlucky souls who can't tolerate gluten and it's 'sin-sin', sin alcohol and sin gluten.
Nice post, Ron! I stopped drinking nearly 5 years ago before a minor surgery and just never went back. I couldn’t really think of a reason to continue. I don’t know how cool it is but it is the right choice for ME. Nice to have alternatives and I think some of the mock white and rosé wines are delicious. Kombucha is another choice, too. I don’t miss alcohol at all.
Mark Storer, no one is trying to take away your alcohol.
I've never drunk much alcohol (perhaps a rarity in our former profession), and recently my cardiologist told me it was time to give it up completely save for an occasional glass of wine. Our winter cruise last month was my first "dry" cruise. Mocktails, flavored waters, etc were took the place of my favorite cruise drinks. And you know -- it wasn't a bad experience at all.
It’s not that it’s trendy, it’s about health. Recent scientific studies pointed to the potentially very harmful effects of more than one-two glasses of wine per week. It was a wake up call for the population that loves to imbibe. Remember, we’d been told a glass of red wine a day was good for us? Apparently, the opposite is true. Thats why non-alcoholic may be on the upsurge.
Thank you for this story.
It’s GREAT news for everyone!
Conformist thinking is always an absurdity, and another attempt to slowly change an ancient tradition (alcohol enjoyment) into some kind of crime. If young people are choosing to drink less, that's one thing and choice is everything. But their choices are emboldened by organized autocracy like "dry-January," and "rethink the drink." The progressive mobs that moved through and burned cities down in 2020 now want cannabis legal, and alcohol illegal. This is not theory, and it may be a conspiracy, though I do not know that for certain. The idea that alcohol is a "drain" on society is idiotic. Stories of rehabbing people will not change. Outlaw alcohol, and the most desperate will still get it, still abuse it, and still die in its overdosed anesthetic folds. Meanwhile those of us who enjoy the soil, the story, the grace and elegance of good wine, or Bourbon or tequila, will be deprived. The vast majority of alcohol consumers do not have disordered drinking issues. Not drinking is not cool. It is an attempt to sanitize, conform and further idiot-ify society. Oh, and yes--there is historical precedent, see the U.S. 1920-1933. How'd that work out?