Wine is now coming with CBD

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Weed-infused wine is also set to be one of the next big industry trends.

“With the legalization of pot in California, Canada, and elsewhere last year, wine and weed mixes are coming,” Bloomberg reports. “Canadian investment bank Canaccord Genuity LLC suggested to Business Insider that marijuana-infused beverages could become a $600 million market in the U.S. in the next four years.”

Several emerging brands, such as the Texas-based CannaVines and international brand Cannawine, are combining CBD and wine. In California, where cannabis consumption is legal, Rebel Coast Winery is creating vegan, THC-infused wine. But due to legalities, it must remove the alcohol. Also in California, female-led luxury wine brand Saka infuses its rosés with a blend of CBD and THC.

Why remove the alcohol? Forbes identified the emerging trend last November and spoke to Dr. Bomi Joseph, one of the founders of Los Gatos, California-based firm Peak Health Center, about combining cannabis and alcohol.

“Putting CBD in alcohol and beer is not as easy as people think because its soluble in alcohol, but most of these drinks are still water-based,” he said. “The minute you put any cannabinoid in water, the cannabinoids just float on the surface as a slick.”

Lawmakers are also concerned about the effects of combining cannabis and alcohol, though, as Forbes notes, little research has been done in this area.