2022 In Review - Readers Favourite Wine Reviews, Recipes & Articles

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As 2022 draws to a close, we’re so happy to start reflecting back on a year of sharing non-alcoholic drink options, deliciously elevated nocktail recipes, and stories from the world of rethinking drinking with our readers. Here we’re sharing our top five most popular wine reviews, recipes and articles from 2022.

Most Popular Wine Reviews

Our Dry January Review of Eins Zwei’s Rose was the most popular wine review and most popular article overall!

Noughty Rouge was a dry red readers wanted to know about.

Another red, Smoky Bay’s Shiraz, was reviewed back in February.

Lautus’ Savvy Red was a SGCF favourite, and takes fourth place.

Rounding out the list was Smoky Bay again, with our review of their chardonnay coming in at number five.

Reader Favourite Recipes

It’s a holiday feeling, with top-visited recipe The Gingerbread Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned.

On the other hand, summer dreaming was popular with this Riviera Dreams apertif nocktail.

The non-alcoholic rum nocktail Maritime Gale was a favourite.

It’s AF gin for the win with this easy, classic Greyhound.

A springy grapefruit aperol spritz slid in at number five.

Most Popular Articles About the AF Life

A group of people eats a meal together. They sit around a table and clink glasses.

Readers were most curious about how alcohol affects our tastebuds, which we explored in The Paradox of Tasted and Alcohol.

Does rethinking drinking mean you have to label yourself? We don’t think so, as we mused in On Labels and Living Alcohol Free.

At number three, without alcohol to preserve them, just how do you store non-alcoholic drinks, anyhow?

Psychedelics got a lot of buzz in 2022, and readers were curious about psychedelic water.

Finally, readers were excited to hear all about Loblaws’ foray into more elevated alcohol-free nocktails, with the addition of the AB0ve brand to their shelves.

Thank you for reading this year, and we’re working hard to bring you more inspiring and informative content for the rethinking drinking lifestyle in 2023!