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Just drink juice? Fresh, unpasteurized grape juice is unparalleled in taste. It has a shelf life of maybe 3 days, but in those 3 days it is the best thing to drink on earth (milk fresh from the coconut right off the tree is close).

> Just drink juice?

Far too sweet to be a suitable wine replacement

Maybe Ocean Spray, but not fresh pressed. We have to cut our juice with water because it's so tart.

Lots of wines are melanges.

The spice must flow

Acid League is somewhat decent, not quite as good as a really nice bottle of wine but pretty good. Sadly the cost is a bit prohibitive, especially for what it is.

Gruvi’s sparking white and rose aren’t still wine but are great!

sweetened wine vinegar with water? You could just grape juce for the sweet bit, too. Obviously not wine, but somewhat related?

I do this this soda and my apple vinegar. I like it.

Root beer and Coffee have that type of following.

there's already some for wine, notably wine proxies like acid league.

Isn't alcohol-free wine just, like, grape juice?

Not really, no. It tastes a lot different because of the fermentation process, during which the sugars are turned into alcohol.