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No One Asked for Cat Wine But Now It’s a Thing

Colorado-based drinks company Apollo Peak has launched a catnip and beetroot “wine” for feline friends. You need never drink alone on a Friday night again!
Foto von Jean-Marc Linder via Flickr

We've all been there. You've had a rough day at work and all you really want to do is go home, crack open a bottle of Chardonnay, and let loose to some Drake in your lounge pants.

And now, thanks to a Colorado-based drinks manufacturer, during that next "Hotline Bling" dance session, you can go peak spinster and drink along with your cat.

Following Denver Cat Company's recent Kickstarter campaign to open a cat wine bar, Apollo Peak—another Colorado company—has launched what may be the world's first cat wine.

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Seriously Colorado, is there something in the water over there?

READ MORE: Who Needs a Cat Cafe When You Can Get Drunk at a Cat Wine Bar?

Fret not, animal lovers—there's no need to make a panicked call to the RSPCA. Apollo Peak's Pinot Meow and Moscato "wines" use all-natural ingredients and are entirely alcohol-free. The cat-friendly drinks are made with fresh beetroot, water, and salt, as well as catnip, so your kitty can still get a little unsteady on its legs.

Speaking to The Huffington Post, Apollo Peak founder Brandon Zavala said that cat wine actually started out as a joke, when one of the team put a phoney label on a bottle of wine: "Since we got it to look so much like a wine, we want it to be perceived as a wine by the consumer—that way they can feel as though they are having a glass of wine with their pet."

What a time to be alive.