Review: De Soi Non-Alcoholic Aperitifs (Updated 2025)

Review: De Soi Non-Alcoholic Aperitifs (Updated 2025)

Review: De Soi Non-Alcoholic Aperitifs (Updated 2025)

I don’t even know how to pronounce “De Soi,” but I do know this: It’s the latest celebrity-backed beverage (via Katy Perry), though this time it’s not a whiskey or a tequila but rather a non-alcoholic seltzer of sorts. Adaptogens including l-theanine, reishi mushroom, and lion’s mane are used in the recipes.

Now available in five flavors, we received the company’s latest, its first seasonal offering, to check out.

Update: We’re adding coverage of additional De Soi offerings here as they arrive.

De Soi St. Moritz Mule Review

The 8 oz can is unassuming, complete with its Helvetica label, minimal description — “pomegranate, cranberry, ginger, rosemary” — and a promise that it is adaptogen rich. Poured on the rocks, the aperitif offers a bittersweet quality that melds clear pomegranate and cherry notes with a slug of gentian and blood orange peel. There’s a vegetal undercurrent that evokes carrots and rhubarb, but this is mild and not at all off-putting. If you’ve ever tried Ghia, the similarity is uncanny, though this is sparkling and more immediately approachable. Ginger — to make it a “mule” — is present but quite dialed back, the result being a fully refreshing concoction that has plenty going on and feels perfectly festive, particularly given the bright red color. And for what it’s worth, I slept great the night after drinking one. Adaptogens FTW? A-

De Soi Haute Margarita Review

Be warned, this is a spicy margarita, and the jalapeno influence is immediate, giving the core of tart lime quite the edge. While flavored with agave nectar and a blend of lime and tangerine juices, it’s not overwhelmingly sweet (even though agave is the first item on the ingredients list). The fruit soon takes on a curious flavor that’s hard to peg — going beyond standard citrus into more of a guava character. The mushroom influence is well-represented, though, giving the beverage a significant earthiness, almost tobacco-like, as it develops in the glass. The punch of jalapeno remains a constant, though. It’s like a margarita, but ultimately it’s not entirely there. B

each $20 per four-pack of 8 oz cans

De Soi Non-Alcoholic Aperitif St. Moritz Mule

USD20
9

Rating

9.0/10

A veteran journalist, the author of four books, a published poet, and an award-winning winemaker, Christopher Null has more than 25 years of experience writing about wine and spirits. He founded Drinkhacker in 2007. He also writes regularly about the science of booze for WIRED and is an occasional contributor to ADI's Distiller magazine. He has been a judge for both the American Distilling Institute Judging of Craft Spirits and Whiskies of the World spirits competitions and often works as a consultant, developing formal tasting notes for spirits brands around the world.

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