Bring These Non-Alcoholic Wines to Thanksgiving 🦃

There are plenty of great non-alcoholic wine options worthy of pairing with your turkey, stuffing, green beans, and pumpkin pie.

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Before I was an advocate for mindful drinking, I was just a plain advocate for drinking. And as such, had you asked me for a list of Thanksgiving drinks, I might have sent you pages and pages of them, especially wines.

From grower Champagnes to Beaujolais, I particularly love finding the intersection of versatility, excellence, and something unexpected. This allows the beverage to pair well throughout the meal and delights the drinkers with a new option. Of course, there’s no reason the same idea can’t be applied to non-alcoholic wines.

Below are just a few of my favorite selections for the table during the holiday, versatile, excellent, and likely unknown to your guests. The great news is that there’s no reason you can’t bring these alongside wines with alcohol and mix and match — “zebra striping,” as it’s sometimes called.

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Töst - Sparkling White Tea, Cranberry, & Ginger

There isn’t a single item in this mix that doesn’t pair well with Thanksgiving. Perhaps it can get lost with heavier dishes, but it dances with hors d’oeuvres, fish (if you go pescatarian like we sometimes do), and vegetables. Of course, it’s not technically wine; it’s a sparkling tea, but that’s part of the fun, too. People don’t have to compare it to Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc—they get to judge it on its own terms.

Favorite pairing: Ginger-glazed carrots

Oddbird Rosé Sparkling Dealcoholized Wine