Drinking (Eisberg) in pregnancy-a review

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Not having a drink when I was pregnant with Boo just wasn’t a problem. This time though, there has been more than one occasion when I could have really done with a glass of wine or a vodka.

Maybe it is something to do with looking after a small child, who knows?

I obviously haven’t given into the cravings (unlike my lime pickle obsession) but when I was offered the chance to review a couple of bottles of Eisberg alcohol free wine well, I thought it was Christmas.

So last night, I made spaghetti bolognese, a family favourite of ours and I put a splash of the Eisberg wine in the cooking. Who doesn’t love red wine in spag bol?

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Then, I decided to have a glass of it with dinner and try and trick Hubster. He was having none of it. He knew I wouldn’t drink so said straight away: ‘is it non-alcoholic?’

Still, I wondered if it would have a sort of placebo effect on us and make us tipsy.

It honestly tasted just the same as the alcoholic version of red wine and was lovely.

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Please note the amount of wine in the glass. I do not like small measures when I drink alcoholic wine. Our living room is not on the same floor as our kitchen so it makes no sense to pour half a glass and have to keep going down stairs for a re-fill. I extended this rule for the Eisberg and, if you read on, you will see why I am so glad I did.

You see, unfortunately, we did not eat alone and, as soon as Boo saw something new on the table she wanted some.

It is non alcoholic so I thought, why not?

She started off with the wine, ironically in a Peppa Pig glass but that went all over the floor (the dog licked it up) so she moved on to my wine glass.

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She was very pleased with herself.

I was so impressed with the Eisberg wine and, they even sent me some mocktails to try so, for my Saturday night X Factor treat, this is what I am going to make:

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A Gingerly Sip

Ingredients

100ml (or half a pint-see above) of Eisberg Riesling

Half a lemon

1tsp sugar

Cubed ice

Ginger ale

Cinnamon Stick

Method

Pour the alcohol-free Reisling into a tumbler. Add the lemon juice, sugar and ice. Pour over ginger ale and garnish with a twist of orange and use the cinnamon stick as a stirrer.

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for Saturday night.

*Please note I was sent my Eisberg wine for the purpose of this review but all opinions are my own and I promise it really was alcohol free so no calling social services on me.

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