Oh, I’ve not had any alky since May 22, 1989.
Wait. I LICK THE VANILLA SPOON! (and I bake a lot…not a lot, but at least three times a month)
Yes, Mateus rose was the stuff my parents and friends drank in the early 70s. They employed the empties to hold candles. Pretty groovy!
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Did she enjoy it?
(no, did YOU enjoy it?)
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I’m pretty sure the only reason it’s still produced is so steakhouses can repurpose the bottles to use as menus.
Or maybe that’s a local thing.
One restaurant here does that, anyway.
I mean…I’ve heard about them doing that. Never…never actually been to a steakhouse.
Or out, much.
Lancers is $83.64 a case.
I believe, legally, it is a wine beverage product. Somewhat similar to wine. I can certainly understand your confusion. They make wine beverage product and most likely animal feed stock from these grapes.
Just a thought…could you technically use Lancer’s to treat head lice?
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“Blind date with the chancer
We had oysters and dry lancers
And the check when it arrived we went dutch, dutch, dutch, dutch
A redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash
And this emory board is giving me a rash”
I don’t remember my folks drinking Lancers, but I remember Mogen David. They mixed Mogen David and 7-Up. Hillbilly champagne they called it.
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If you look carefully at the label, many box wine are sold as “WINE with natural flavors” Which puts them in the category with sangria because they’re not legally wine.
Edited to add this note from the Treasury Department
“Table Wine With Natural Flavors" and "Grape Wine With Natural Flavors” are statements of composition. A statement like this is required on a wine label when a wine does not fall within any of the current standards of identity set forth in TTB wine labeling regulations at 27 CFR, Part 4, Subpart C (Grape Wine, Fruit Wine, Aperitif Wine, etc.). If a wine product does not fit a standard of identity, TTB requires under 27 CFR 4.34 that the product be designated with a “truthful and adequate statement of composition” on the brand label, and we have accepted statements such as “Table Wine With Natural Flavors” for that purpose. The statement of composition is not required to be a complete listing of ingredients.
TTB’s predecessor agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), proposed adding a category for “flavored wine products” to the standards of identity in Subpart C to distinguish these products from standard wines. While there was not adequate support for such a labeling change, ATF did find there was support for a prohibition on use of varietal designations (grape type, like “Chardonnay”), semigeneric geographic type designations (like “Chablis” or “Burgundy”), or geographic distinctive designations (like Bordeaux or Medoc) for wines not made in accordance with classes 1, 2, and 3, of that standards of identity (27 CFR 4.21(a‑c)). This means that these flavored wine products labeled with a statement of composition pursuant to 27 CFR 4.34 cannot use varietal, semigeneric geographic type, or geographic distinctive designations. That prohibition was placed in 27 CFR 4.34(a) and 4.39(n). (See Treasury Decision ATF-431 published October 6, 2000, 65 FR 59718 http://www.ttb.gov/rrd/td431.pdf for more information regarding the ATF and TTB position on the labeling of Flavored Wine Products.)
Therefore, you should not see a product with 7% or more alcohol by volume labeled “Chardonnay With Natural Flavors.” However, you may see wines with less than 7% alcohol by volume using one of these designations (e.g. “Tutti-Frutti Chardonnay”). That is because TTB’s consumer protection authority under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act extends only to wines with 7% or more alcohol by volume. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules apply to the labeling of wines with less than 7% alcohol by volume. For more information about FDA labeling requirements go to their website.
Last reviewed/updated: 04/20/2010
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With any luck it has turned to vinegar and can be used for pickling or cleaning out a coffee maker.
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Manischewitz Peach is not heavy or syrupy and from my experience goes well with Passover seders. Their cherry flavor on the other hand is like low alcohol Robutussin.
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… and that’s my early 70’s childhood in a paragraph, bottle candelabras and everything. Mateus and Blue Nun, although only Mateus bottles were used for candles.
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Wow.
The scene I remember from the commercial is a man who’s obviously just been robbed, in an office - he’s tied to a chair and has fallen to the floor, and managed to somehow get the operator on the phone. He says, “Help!” through his gag, and the operator says, “What flay-vorh, plee-uz?”
Yep, the 1970s.
This thread makes me crave some nice Provence or Anjou rosé.
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Looks like someone put a spout on this:
With similar results…
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