ALCOHOL-FREE DRINKS
• Seedlip Spice 94 (from £26/70cl, Tesco, Ocado, seedlipdrinks.com) This water distilled with botanical flavours (in a similar way to gin) is complex and dry, with wood-spice and citrus-peel notes. No calories – and a pretty bottle too.
• Monte Rosso Naturally
(£2.49/27.5cl, Waitrose) A fresh, bittersweet, ruby-hued soft take on Italian Aperol-spritz with an appealing strawberry/ cranberry flavour. Cool retro looks too, with 94 calories per bottle.
• Rocktails Citrus Spritz (£2.75/25cl, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, specialitydrinks.com) With botanical notes, this clean, lemony blend has a light sparkle and 38 calories per bottle. Makes a fine aperitif.
LOWER-ALCOHOL WINES
• Torres Natureo Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, Spain (£5.99, Waitrose, Ocado, Cairns & Hickey, Swift Wines, Bin 21, Auriol Wines) Natureo de-alcoholised wines (0.5% abv) have long been the best of a…
