ALTER was born in Belgium — a country with a deep wine culture, steeped in gastronomy yet driven by innovation. From this fertile ground, ALTER emerged. Our cuvées are crafted with the same care Belgian chefs and winemakers bring to their terroir: honest, precise, and seasonally attuned.
ALTER’s domain is based in Antwerp, with herb fields grown on organic soil in Nijlen, and its alcohol-free distillery and blending room located in Antwerpen.
Founders Alexander & Ina
Born from curiosity and courage,
shaped by craftsmanship.
Alexander Scott Wingfield Jones
Two makers guided by flavour, nature, and craft. Alexander brought his background as a mixologist: a trained eye for balance and a pursuit of depth.
Ina contributed her vision of cultivation and terroir: her conviction that true flavour can only grow in open soil and not in food laboratories.
Founder’s Note — Ina
“We grow our botanicals in open fields, not in laboratories.”
Our process mirrors that of wine: cultivation, harvest, blending. We simply replace the grape with fresh herbs. That choice is rare in the alcohol-free landscape, where flavour additives are the norm (even so-called natural flavourings are often chemically produced in laboratories).
That is what sets us apart: seasonal cultivation yields authentic, living flavours — bringing structure, length, and freshness — the very qualities that make wine timeless.
The tension between structure and tannins — the balance of dryness, juiciness, and sweet-acid equilibrium.
"What we do is pure and precise"
We extract and blend flavour through botanical layering. We create something akin to wine — with its own identity, yet without alcohol. Thanks to our distillation technology, we extract herbs into alcohol-free expressions that, once assembled, reveal the same aromatic dimensions you’d find in wine.
Alexander Scott Wingfield Jones