The best new drinks of the summer

This summer, don’t settle for drab drinks that leave you cold — instead, pour yourself one of the hottest new launches.

You’ll have heard of Seedlip, the non-alcoholic spirits that brought chic, booze-free drinks to the masses. Now, founder Ben Branson is lending his expertise to the pre-dinner aperitivo with Æcorn Aperitifs. Like Seedlip, these alcohol-free tipples are a complex blend of English-grown grapes, herbs and bitter botanicals, designed to get you in the party spirit without the, well, spirit. Our favourite? Clary sage and chamomile-spiked Dry, laced with soda water and lemon. (aecornaperitifs.com)

A plastic water bottle on your desk is more than bad for the Earth, it’s social suicide. But when you’re caught short, what’s an eco-warrior to do? Choose Water is the world’s first plastic-free bottled water, which launched in April and will be available in July. Not only do the bottle’s fully biodegradable materials keep landfill at bay, they’re natural, non-toxic and don’t need fossil fuels to produce. Sir David Attenborough would be proud. (ch2oose.co.uk)

Struggling to justify that extra glass of wine? Struggle no more: the June launch of Floreat, an English-made sparkling wine with wellness credentials, is here to ensure your summer barbecue is as healthy as it is hedonistic. Founded by Anne-Marie Hurst, a qualified medical herbalist and former exec at drinks giant Diageo, Floreat is flavoured with botanical extracts that claim to provide benefits from cell regeneration to stress relief. A glass of wine that does you good. (floreatwines.com)

There’s only one thing missing from Fever-Tree, the premium mixer that made tonic a talking point: the gin. Happily, that’s all changing as the brand launches its first ‘ready-to-drink’ range of pre-mixed G&Ts, all housed in its signature glass bottles. With gin crafted in collaboration with Charles Maxwell of Thames Distillers and tonic in classic, light and elderflower iterations, they’re just the thing for sun-soaked garden parties. Pass the ice bucket. (fever-tree.com)

Taking a bottle of wine to a picnic is a laborious business, not least because nearly everyone overlooks a bottle opener. Here to solve our problems is Nice, the wine distribution start-up that lives up to its name: its French pale rosé and Sauvignon Blanc come in pastel-hued cans that are easy on the eye and seriously convenient. Plus, they’re 100 per cent recyclable. Coming to London Fields soon… (31dover.com)