The Lubavitcher Rebbe ZYA was against using mashke,
I am not a Lubavitch, but I know one thing:- the Lubavitch Rebbe was an incredibly smart man; He graduated from the Sorbonne, so was highly intelligent, so if he said to stay away from mashke & make Kiddush on wine, clearly this is a smart & correct move.
It will probably also help you fulfill the Chiyuv miDeoraiso of “veNishmartem Me’od leNafshoseichem”.