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Hunt wrote:
At a
point in the evening, one hit me, that I had not thought about for years-
many
years, Matilda Bay. This was a bag-in-a-box wine-blend. IIRC, it was
actually
FROM Australia, though that may have just been a marketing ploy. This had
to
be in the late 70's, or very early 80's, and Crocodile Dundee had not yet
been
released, but Koala's were hitting the US market for Quantas Airline, as I
remember.

Now my questions: does anyone else recall this wine? Was it, in fact, a
product from OZ? Was it just marketed to the US market? Does anyone recall/
know the blend of grapes?

I never had Matilda Bay, but I think I remember mention of it many
years ago. I finally found a thread about old wine coolers on Google.
There was one entry about Matilda Bay.

"But, when it comes to 80's wine coolers, there's really only two words
- Matilda Bay. It was put out by Miller, there was a yellow label and a
purple label. Each label was a different flavor, but I don't remember;
I think one might have been 'tropical' or something like that. It went
down much easier than the fruit/berry flavors."

Also Matilda Bay is a brewery in Australia that makes several beers
that seem to have a considerable following.

Thanks. Obviously, I need to get a copy of Boolean for Dummies, as I turned
up no mention of this wine. Though it was a b-n-b wine, it predated the wine-
cooler craze, at least in the US. For its retail run, or my purchases of it,
it was only a b-n-b, but could have been reformulated into a cooler later in
its lifespan. As I recall it, the body was not sufficient to add any fizzy
water, but they could have held the "fruit juice" spigot open a bit longer,
and maybe added a crushed gardenia, or two to keep the "floral" aspect. Hm-m-
m, I wish I had bothered to read the fine print, as we had several boxes over
the years. Maybe a wine-like product from the OZ brewery?

Hunt