ALTER - Awa Shiso

€29,90 €40,41 / l
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Shiso, mint, pandan, fig.
Green, ethereal, with a round perlage and roasted cherry wood on the finish.
Full, fresh and precise at the table.

Alcohol-free (0.0%)

character
Classic
Progressive

Content: 740 ml
Wine Proxy

Proxy wines are not
Dealcoholized wines – and they don't even want to be seen as wine. They are independent compositions: inspired by wine, but reimagined. Creation instead of withdrawal.

Their complexity arises from fermentation or distillation – sometimes through kombucha or lacto-fermentation, sometimes based on water kefir or other controlled microbial processes. Added to this are tea infusions, juices, fruit extracts, herbs, or spices, which combine like building blocks to create multi-layered structures. The result: a beverage that, in structure, depth, and aroma, is reminiscent of wine – often entirely without grapes.

The focus is on acidity, texture, tannins, and length, supported by a fine balance and controlled sweetness. The best proxy wines can do what great wines can: accompany food, unlock aromas, stimulate – and tell their own story.
A category for the curious.

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Selection & Expertise

More than 100 carefully curated drinks – all tasted, tested and selected by us according to gastronomic standards.

OUR PERSPECTIVE

Awa Shiso takes the full tension of fresh shiso seriously: green, cool, slightly wild. A full, precise body unfolds between mint, blackcurrant leaf and a delicate spice. In the finish, pandan brings a soft, nutty-vanilla depth, along with brioche and cherry wood. The acidity remains high, the perlage round; the tannins pleasantly dry the palate and make you crave the next sip.

AVERAGE NUTRITIONAL VALUES

per 100 ml, Energy: 105 kJ / 25 kcal, Fat: 0 g, of which saturates: 0 g, Carbohydrates: 6.3 g, of which sugars: 6.3 g, Protein: 0 g, Salt: 0 g

Organic grown red Japanese shiso

vegan

low histamine

Ingredients

Water, non-alcoholic botanical distillates (shiso, pandan, cherry wood, black pepper), grape sugar, juice from unripe grapes (verjus).
allergens

Contains no known allergens.
producer:in

T/A ALTER, Adolf Greinerstraat 12, 2660 Antwerp, Belgium
durability

Store in a cool, dry place away from light. After opening, store in the refrigerator and consume within 4–7 days.

PROFILE & STRUCTURE

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ALTER - Awa Shiso BEHIND THE SCENE'S

PRODUCTION

For Awa Shiso, shiso, pandan, cherry wood, and black pepper are first distilled separately. This allows the essential freshness of the shiso, the soft depth of the pandan, the roasted wood note, and the dry spiciness to be precisely extracted.

These distillates are then combined with verjus – juice from early harvested, still unripe grapes – and the grapes' own sugar to form a cuvée. Finally, it receives its fine perlage.

FOOD PAIRING

OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR ALTER - Awa Shiso

Fresh salads & raw vegetables

Asian cuisine

Dessert & Patisserie

OCCASION & MOMENT

where ALTER - Awa Shiso shines
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MORE ABOUT DUDE

Alter Cuvée grows its botanicals itself – in open fields – and distills them specifically for each cuvée, instead of fermenting them. Carefully selected unripe grapes, fruits and herbs create layer by layer complex aromas – primary, secondary, tertiary – which bring structure, tannin and freshness to the glass completely without alcohol (0.0%).