Don't add fruit juice or mixers with sugar to alcohol. The calories from these types of alcoholic drinks come mostly from sugar. Dry wine usually has little or no sugar. Examples of dry white table wines are Chablis, Chardonnay, and dry Riesling. Dry red wines include Burgundy, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel, for example.
Light beer is better than regular beer.
Light beer has less calories than regular beer. If you use mixers in your alcoholic drinks, the best choices are diet soft drinks, club soda, seltzer, or water. The calories in sweet dessert wines, such as Port or liqueurs, come mostly from sugar. It is best not to drink these. When alcohol is heated in cooking, most of the alcohol disappears, or evaporates.