It sounds like you made a good decision!
Jumping up to hard liquor to avoid the carbs in wine could be a disaster.
Easy to overdo and you might not know how much is in a drink.
As well, to make it palatable, adding artificial sweeteners is not helping.
In the future, if this comes up again, it might be better to stick with a small amount of wine and take the carb hit (just count it like any other carbs - still would be easy to stay under 20 grams).
Sparkling water usually has at least three downsides:
- They sometimes contain zero calorie artificial flavors (chemicals)
- They are expensive - you’re really just buying water - Zerowater or some other high-end water filter system will be a much better investment in the long run - I use Zerowater and immediately store the clean water (along with a little pink salt to restore the natural mineral content) in a stainless steel container
- Plastic bottles might leach chemicals into the water - especially if stored for a long duration and under varying temperatures