As a result, much too often you're left with sugary grape juice wearing a wine bottle as a costume. To be fair to those who have gone before, creating balance in non-alcoholic wine is incredibly hard. Ethanol brings body and texture, so once you remove it, something has to give. That shouldn't be remarkable, but in the world of cloyingly sweet non-alcoholic wine it certainly is. It's admittedly a touch lean through the palate, although that's hardly unexpected (as we learnt, ethanol equals body and texture).