tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post2794092750506084471..comments2024-02-21T16:16:29.947-08:00Comments on Zoomie Station: Raspberry RippleZoomiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-90721309821178889262010-08-19T19:19:13.239-07:002010-08-19T19:19:13.239-07:00Long story coming about Lancer's and it's ...Long story coming about Lancer's and it's origins.<br /><br />An exec from Heublein (who worked for my dad after the exec had moved on from the liquor house) was vacationing in the Azore Islands off Portugal and was introduced to a 'lesser' wine of the islands that was sold in earthen-ware bottles.<br /><br />As you might recall that with some inspired marketing Hueblein had a winner on their hands marketing swill as an upscale wine in the those very distinctive brown bottles they we came to letch after if you are of a certain age, of course!<br /><br />Ah! the fun of knowing ... the rest of the story!<br /><br />MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-8375250316288465752010-08-19T17:27:45.542-07:002010-08-19T17:27:45.542-07:00With nuns, the eye gets worse if one is defiant. N...With nuns, the eye gets worse if one is defiant. Next comes the trip to see Mother Superior, the recommendation to go the confession and, in Newfoundland, the corporal punishment. <br /><br />Yeah, you flunked spelling. So what?Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-35290885010903348102010-08-19T16:12:27.021-07:002010-08-19T16:12:27.021-07:00Oh. "estrogen"
Flunk me sister. You know...Oh. "estrogen"<br />Flunk me sister. You know you want to.cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-62251895411999145772010-08-19T15:26:40.938-07:002010-08-19T15:26:40.938-07:00If you want them to stop giving you the eye, try w...If you want them to stop giving you the eye, try wagging your hips. Don't stop, even when they notice you.<br />"It's me or you, bitch. I've got the estrogine."cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-21804930192641512552010-08-19T07:29:30.140-07:002010-08-19T07:29:30.140-07:00Ms Mouse, I know that eye so well! I once reported...Ms Mouse, I know that eye so well! I once reported about a musical play my parents had taken me to see the night before - "Damn Yankees" - and I got the "eye," of course.Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-31076107769554414742010-08-19T04:03:12.857-07:002010-08-19T04:03:12.857-07:00I remember my parents drinking Mateus, I took an ...I remember my parents drinking Mateus, I took an empty bottle to school once, for a bring-something-foreign-to-school day, got the "eye" from the teacher :)Ms Brown Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128283343279442537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-27566721634156570182010-08-18T19:14:34.507-07:002010-08-18T19:14:34.507-07:00Cookiecrumb, we ate it anyway and the flavor was g...Cookiecrumb, we ate it anyway and the flavor was good, just not great texture. It needs to be creamier if we want it to be ice creamish. The color was pretty, wasn't it?Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-2696588119254997922010-08-18T18:44:24.389-07:002010-08-18T18:44:24.389-07:00In my culture Ripple and Thunderbird were only for...In my culture Ripple and Thunderbird were only for winos. We couldn't always afford Mateus and Lancers. So we got huge jugs of Red Mountain. Then that was discontinued over claims it wasn't even really wine, and replaced with Carlo Rossi.<br /><br />Which is not to say I don't think your experiment still looks wonderful. Any way to save it?cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-3179305165767193842010-08-18T18:31:14.736-07:002010-08-18T18:31:14.736-07:00Janie, only folks our age would get the reference....Janie, only folks our age would get the reference. :-) By today's standards, both were horrible wines, but they were the best available at the time in other than California.Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-6648979422767746862010-08-18T13:07:11.239-07:002010-08-18T13:07:11.239-07:00Thanks for the trip down memory lane to "Ripp...Thanks for the trip down memory lane to "Ripple"....(also Mateus and Lancers)!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138430336445807600noreply@blogger.com