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(31,305 posts) Sun Mar 23, 2025, 08:49 PM Mar 2025

Thoughts on drinking "Cold Duck" during the Holidays.....45 years ago. [View all]

(1) Was that the best "grape-y champagne" you ever drank?
(2) Did you ever drink too much of it?
(3) Why haven't I had it in the past 40 years? Doesn't seem like it's really marketed.

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Thoughts on drinking "Cold Duck" during the Holidays.....45 years ago. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 OP

Yes, I do! ScoutHikerDad Mar 2025 #1

Boone's Farm....lol. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #2

My dad drank Schlitz...as did my mom. God, it was an awful beer. It made Bud taste good. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #3

stains the gold shag carpet when you barf it back up Kali Mar 2025 #4

You remember! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #6

oh yeah, mid 70s. the neighbors parents liked to party Kali Mar 2025 #7

Thanks for the tip. I'm looking for it, I wonder if I'll enjoy it more or less? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #9

The sight of that bottle BigMin28 Mar 2025 #11

Yes. I fondly remember having it around the holidays Easterncedar Mar 2025 #5

Bali Hai Wicked Blue Mar 2025 #8

I'm sure I Bali Hai'd a few times. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #10

Did anyone else drink Ripple wine? FuzzyRabbit Mar 2025 #12

Too sweet for me. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #13

I was a little too young, but my folks would get tipsy, lol. My dad, a Marine Raider in WWII catbyte Mar 2025 #14

Good grief. boonecreek Mar 2025 #15

MD 20/20 Dulcinea Mar 2025 #16

"Cold duck" was originally the dregs of white and red mixed... malthaussen Mar 2025 #17

I was introduced to Cold Duck on my 21st Birthday. I threw up all the way home from the date. :-( Raven Mar 2025 #18

And of course... Lars39 Mar 2025 #19

Dear Goddess, you actually drank that swill. .and survived??? niyad Mar 2025 #20