Kylie’s telling us to drink less booze, we should listen to her…

These are our pick of the top low and no alcohol drinks for you (Picture: Getty/Sainsburys)

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When Kylie Minogue tells you to drink less alcohol, you just do it, no questions asked. So good thing it’s Dry January, right?

That’s clearly why she’s added a no alcohol sparkling rosé to her drinks empire, showing us that we can’t get LoNo drinks out of our heads and the low-alcohol train is in loco-motion, or LoNo-motion.

What is LoNo anyway?

It sounds like a trendy area of New York where people wear Birkenstocks and talk about kombucha, while drinking it, but it stands for No and Low-alcohol drinks.

This comes as a recent YouGov survey found that 44% of 18-24-year-olds consider themselves occasional drinkers or teetotal, up from 31% last year.

Personally, I’m more of a ‘Damp January’ kind of guy, drinking less but better. Or ‘Try January’, where you make it your mission to try new bottles, responsibly.

Anyway, for the No participants, here are 10 solid options:

Sparkling

Kylie Minogue Alcohol Free Sparkling

When your wine business is worth over £19million with the number one best-selling Prosecco in the UK, you’ve earned your stripes.

This is made from German grapes and green tea from the mountains of Southwest China, allegedly picked one bud and two leaves at a time, by hand. Not by Kylie, I’m guessing, I’d be surprised if she had the time.

Sprigster Garden Brut

Anything served at The PIG, Soho House and Petersham Nurseries is alright by me. Crack the crown cap and it’s like pouring a lightly amber beer, with a perky hop and ginger aroma.

It’s made from a mash of gooseberries, rhubarb, ginger, hops and fennel seeds slow-cooked in apple cider vinegar then blended with an orchard apple reduction. All ingredients come from their own private garden so it’s the drinks equivalent of field to fork (‘ground to glass’?).

Aperitivo

Crodino Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo

If you’re craving Aperol Spritz, you’re going to be all over this non-alcoholic version. It’s an infusion of spices, roots, herbs, you name it, and like all the great Italian aperitivos they never tell you the recipe.

It’s slightly sweeter to make up for the lack of alcohol, but that’s offset by the bitter flavours. If you fancy it bitterer still, chuck in some Fevertree Mediterranean tonic to taste.

San Pellegrino Sanbitter

La Dolce Vita, or the sweet life, is what we’re looking for now Christmas is done and dusted. At least, I am. Even the dinky bottles look vintage Italian, there’s no label, just old school embossing on the glass.

Look, it’s cherry aid-coloured and tastes slightly saccharine, but there’s more enough bitterness to be getting on with. Garnish with a slice of blood orange or pink grapefruit to draw out its herbal-citrus side.

Sprigster Original Botanical Infusion

Full disclosure, I don’t really know what a ‘sophisticated natural botanical infusion’ is. So, I blended a large measure with Mediterranean tonic and was pleasantly surprised by its warming ginger over tangy apple cider vinegar vibe. It’s a long drink version of the sparkling, and I hate to say it, possibly great to make cocktails when Dry January’s done…

Virgin Mary

Longbottom Virgin Mary

I’m never not going to love Longbottom’s Virgin Mary, made from real canary and pear tomatoes from Southern Spain. Whatever they are, they’re pressed and blended two hours from the tomato orchards, you definitely feel the freshness. That, and the red pepper, onion, spices, olives, capers, Scotch Bonnet and Worcestershire Sauce for a mouth-tingling ‘who needs vodka anyway’ sipper.

Gin and Nonic

Cotswolds Distillery Dry Gin Essence

Warning, this bottle has 10 times the concentration of regular gin. That might sound like the wettest January ever, but you’re only supposed to take five drops from the teat pipette over tonic water for a flavoursome G&T with 90% less alcohol, according to the brand. The distillery says one serving delivers 0.23 units of alcohol, with one teensy bottle making 20 G&Ts, now that’s value for money.

Cleanco Clean G Crisp Non Alc Spirit

It’s a tough gig to replicate alcohol without it tasting like botanically infused water, especially a high-proof spirit like gin. This one is founded by Ex-Made in Chelsea alum, Spencer Matthews.

They use a high number of botanicals, so we’re warned that it has an almost cloudy appearance. Not half bad with a slice of orange and a punchy tonic.

Red Wine

Nice Session Merlot 3.4%

This is sensational, particularly given red wine is harder to de-alcoholise and make convincing than white. There are more moving parts, you’ve got the tannins, texture, acidity and fruit to cope with.

I was blown away by this, it tastes like you’re sipping a regular Merlot so long as you whack it in the fridge for 15. Soft and juicy, it’s even got the tannins and some spice to it. Bravo.

Wednesday’s Domaine Sanguine Red

Even the founder says he loves a drink, the name refers to keeping your mid-week sharpener booze-free.

This is a fruity red wine alternative, made from de-alcoholised Tempranillo grapes, blended with other flavours and textures to make it authentic. It’s smooth and spicy, I can see this as a solid mid-week wine alternative.  

If you want to moderate this January, here are some solid options.