Drinks from the past

[CrowsInMyGarden]

When I was growing up my parents hardly drank. My aunt and uncle would come over to our house 3-4 times a year to play cards and would bring a bottle of wine. It would be Blue Nun or Black Tower. My sister who is 9 years older than me brought home a Mateus Rose in the oval bottle, I thought she was so sophisticated.

If there was a special occasion and something fizzy was required then it would be Cava. When did Cava stop being the replacement champagne and Prosecco take over? I think I preferred Cava.

At Christmas there would be a bottle of Martini and a bottle of Cinzano, maybe a Sherry. There would still be half a bottle of each left by the next Christmas. Wouldn't happen in my home now.

I can remember going out with friends in the 80s. My friend used to drink "Bezique, Lime and Soda with ice" I think Bezique was a kind of offshoot of Bacardi that isn't made any more.

Are there other drinks that aren't around anymore that people have fond memories of? I know Cinzano and Martini are still available but back in the day they were THE drinks and have now just faded into the background.

For the non drinkers there was TaB, the first diet coke style drink. Were there any others like this?

Wow yes, I'd forgotten about that stuff 😅

Also, lambrini!

The tooth stripper 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Not an alcoholic one
Rise and shine powder packet orange juice
70s.

Made by Kellogg's. I think I remember how that smelled and tasted. They also did milkshake powder iirc. No idea what that was called.

We used to drink Snakebites half lager half cider I think they were banned! My mum didn’t really drink but she liked a snowball Advocat (sic) & lemonade at Xmas

Curacao and lemonade
Taboo
Apricot wine
Port and lemon
Rum and black
Snowballs
Babycham

Oh and beer-wise:
Mackeson stout
Party Sevens!

I was going to say Taboo and Mirage too; Taboo and lemonade was one of the first alcoholic drinks I tried and remember feeling so sophisticated.

Snakebite and black...and if they didn't serve it we went elsewhere.

Prosecco is naturally carbonated during the second fermentation of the wine. The difference between it and Champagne/Cava is the fermentation is done in the steel tanks rather than in the bottle. It's not carbonated artificially like lemonade is. Yes it's cheaper than Cava, but mainly because a lot more of it is produced and everyone has heard of it, whereas Cava has fallen out of favour in recent years so less is sold and the price is higher. Prosecco still has to come from a specific region of Italy and it must be 85% Glera grapes. You can buy cheap artificially carbonated wine in Italy, but it's not Prosecco.