Inside Faux Wine
What Is Faux Wine?
Faux Wine is a wine-adjacent, alcohol-free beverage crafted from verjus, fruit, and botanicals for structure, acidity, aromatics, and complexity.
Rather than fermenting wine and removing the alcohol afterward, each expression is composed intentionally to create freshness, texture, dryness, and balance at the table.
The result is a beverage designed for shared meals, pairing, and hospitality while remaining entirely its own composition.
Crafted Without Fermentation
Faux Wine is not alcohol-removed wine.
There is no fermentation, and no alcohol or flavor is removed.
Instead, each blend is built intentionally using verjus, fruit, botanicals, and natural texture-building elements to shape acidity, tartness, aromatics, mouthfeel, and finish.
Verjus, the pressed juice of unripened grapes, forms the backbone of Faux Wine, bringing brightness, structure, and freshness while preserving clarity and lift.
Ingredients are layered in small batches, lightly filtered, and bottled to maintain balance and stability.
An Alternative to Dealcoholized Wine
Many alcohol-free beverages begin as traditional wine and have the alcohol removed after fermentation.
Faux takes a different approach.
Rather than starting with finished wine, Faux is crafted from verjus, fruit, and botanicals selected for acidity, texture, aromatics, and balance.
For those exploring alcohol-free wine alternatives, Faux represents a different path: one built from the ground up rather than adapted from finished wine.
The goal is not to replicate wine exactly, but to create a beverage designed for the table, for pairing, and for sharing.
Inside Faux Wine: Verjus, Fruit & Botanicals
Across the collection, ingredients are chosen not simply for flavor, but for the role they play in the drinking experience: texture, aromatics, savoriness, freshness, tartness, and structure.
Melange Blanc
Layered with verjus, sauvignon blanc grapes, kiwi, apricot, peach, citrus peel, and acacia gum, Mélange Blanc is bright, aromatic, and structured with fresh acidity and lifted citrus notes.
Key Ingredients & Roles
Verjus
Provides tartness, acidity, and structure.
Kiwi
Adds freshness and vibrant lift.
Apricot & Peach
Bring softness and layered fruit texture.
Lemon & Grapefruit Peel
Contribute tartness, freshness, and aromatic lift.
Acacia Gum
Adds texture, softness, and mouthfeel.
Melange Rosé
Layered with verjus, pinot noir grapes, stone fruit, raspberry, hibiscus, citrus peel, and acacia gum, Mélange Rosé is fresh and expressive with layered fruit character, bright acidity, and subtle florals.
Key Ingredients & Roles
Verjus
Builds acidity and structure.
Apricot & Peach
Add softness and layered fruit notes.
Raspberry
Brings freshness and lifted red fruit character.
Hibiscus
Adds tartness, depth, and vivid acidity.
Lemon Peel
Provides brightness and aromatic freshness.
Acacia Gum
Creates texture and balance on the palate.
Melange Rouge
Layered with verjus, cabernet sauvignon grapes, dark fruit, botanicals, cacao shell, violet extract, and acacia gum, Mélange Rouge is structured and savory with layered fruit, spice, and aromatic depth.
Key Ingredients & Roles
Verjus
Provides acidity, freshness, and structure.
Plum, Blackberry, Black Currant & Black Cherry
Contribute richness, texture, and layered dark fruit character.
Aronia Berry
Adds dryness and subtle tannic structure.
Eucalyptus
Brings herbal lift and savory freshness.
Licorice Root
Introduces depth and warming spice.
Cacao Shell
Contributes earthy depth and structure.
Violet Extract
Lifts aromatics and floral complexity.
Safflower
Adds subtle earthiness and balance.
Acacia Gum
Creates texture, softness, and mouthfeel.