European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Summer dinks in a cold shoulder by Mary Neth staff writer its a pretty sure bet that those wine coolers which have become hot Sellers in America will never make it in Europe or its difficult to imagine who take such Pride in their local drinking such artificially Flavoured Treyve been drinking wine mixed with Mineral water for they dont need to turn to a commercial product sold by the theres also the in Middle Europe and the British really hot Summers Arent the Sweet tasting wine drinks just dont have a future in these what do the europeans and British drink when the overcast skies Clear and the Sun docs beat Down Beer is probably first Choice As an All around thirst another Choice in some areas of Germany and France is Apple wine or Apple on warm the germans in Hessen towns such As Frankfurt and sit under the Trees in special Apcel Cin gardens sipping their sour they drink it Pur straight or suss or Slider Esprit Etc Sweet or sour for the Sweet lemonade is added for the its Mineral in the Normandy and Brittany sections of the local sparkling Apple served is a refreshing hot weather unlike the German Apple wine which Many say you have to acquire a taste the French cider is Milder and the owner of a German wine House pointed out that True wine connoisseurs dont mix their wine with yet such a mixture is a popular summer As with Apple it can be ordered mixed either Sweet or an inexpensive White or red wine is used and mixed in equal portions with either Mineral water or depending upon the part of the the result is called either a Wein Schorle or a following Are some other popular summer drinks found in Europe that you can try Kalte Ente cold Duck pour two bottles of White wine into a Glass add three to four Tablespoons of sugar and stir until Peel the rinds from two Lemons As thinly As possible and place in the wine for 20 place Pitcher in an ice bucket and just before serving add a bottle of ice cold Champagne and a Quarter of a bottle of Mineral Kulle Pfirsich rotating peach heres a popular drink from the past that still is a German summer for it you need a Aro Juicy Wash it carefully and let drip then prick it around the Center several times with a Fine tined place the peach in a special Kull Espfir Sich Glass and fill with ice cold the peach hence the in the Glass As it is Berliner Weisse Mit Schuss for this you need a special bowl shaped Weisse pour in ounce of him car Raspberry Kitsch Cherry or Walkmeister Woodruff syrup in the the Green Walkmeister mix is the most slowly fill the Glass with wine coolers hot m by Frank Prial new York times care for a Little Plum crazy in afraid its or would you rather have a sip of Sausalito Sling we also have Bahama Calvin Vino Cactus Jack and about 50 what am i talking about wine of course the hottest new item in the wine and spirits world since lambrusco burst on the scene almost a decade wine coolers Are a combination of wine usually fruit citric water and Carbon Dion they contain 6 percent or about half the alcohol in regular they have been around in their present Guise for about five years and have had a major Impact on the wine which has been going no where for almost As the Hal dozen or so that have turned up around new York Are perfectly they Are a lovingly and the so called fruit flavors Are there is More zip and refreshment in a can of wine coolers Are not for regular wine in its hard to think of anyone Withan adult taste in food and drink co toning to such of has nothing to do with the True Market for so called pop for popular wine prod remember cold Duck and Boones farm Apple wine there is a theory that these which Are fizzy and Are a Bridge Between soft drinks and serious there is probably some but if it were As Large As Industry figures there would be five times As Many wine drinkers As there wine coolers Are usually sold in four packs of 12 ounce bottles for to they first appeared in California and the that where they continue to have their greatest if Only because summer lasts longer in that part of the the Cool ers Are a War weather As their name retailers in the quoted in Market a Trade reported that sales plunged precipitously once the leaves began to some marketers would like to get the word cooler out of the As of the end of there were some 40 coolers on the the biggest name in the business is Joseph Seagram whose product is called sea Grams other major companies Are Heublein a subsidiary of Reynolds ice cold Weisse White you want a thick foam that reaches the Glass the drink is served with a but the real fans prefer to drink it photo by red Grandy a sip of Kalte Ente is Light and with Citrone Thomas Lipton with and the biggest of All in the wine Gallo with Bartles the biggest seller is California which also was one of the according to Market the Brand had 49 percent of the Market in that should drop in 1985 Gallo and Seagram were Only rolling up their sleeves in there Are Many variations on the Basic cooler theme Upton Calabar has Only 4 percent which is in red or comes mostly in from has no wine in it at its base is malt liquor if you Strong Calypso has a rum base Cactus Jack is made with tequila and has a Marga Rita Augusta is made with German White wine and reportedly has a lemonade la Frasquita comes in either Margarita or sangria sangria was always a wine cooler in enjoyed its own Vogue As a pop wine for four or five a real sangria is a wonderful made from red fresh Citrus Brandy and it is the True summer wine come to think of this whole business of wine coolers or Bee based coolers is another Case of americans re inventing the the French and the italians have always Cut their heavy wines with water and ice there Are people who do not hesitate to put Orange juice or Brandy or even Stout in the Spanish have their sangria and the germans their spritzers and their May to which spices have been germans have always added flavors to their Beer As Well As to their for Many the Best German bars in new York carried Berliner a Combina Tion of Beer and Raspberry the French drink pan a combination of Beer and one brewery came out with a canned version of it four or five years panache is called Shandy in England in at least one american Beer has been playing around with its own version of the called Beer and Tomato juice enjoyed some popularity in the Middle West a few years at least three other major breweries Are interested in according to Market watch Coors and Given the de Clining Beer sales across the they May be on the right through the Weisse Beer is from Northern Germany and so called because of its Light it is not to be confused with Weizen Bier wheat Beer of Southern Berliner the most famous of these is made from three parts of Barley malt to one of wheat and has a full and fruity lager Lime like the Shandy Beer mixed with this is a favorite in to make put 3a ounce of roses Lime juice in a Beer Glass and fill with Light Radle mass the German version of the Shandy in the this bavarian speciality is half Light Beer and half Pils Mit a mix of wide fill Beer Glass to full with then add Champagne to sangria this popular summer drink in Spain has become a world pour a bottle of Light red wine into a Large Jug or punch add the juice of four to five a piece of Orange a stick of cinnamon and two Tablespoons of stir and add ice cubes and to 1 quart of Mineral another favorite summer drink throughout Europe is Campari and Campari is the King of the it originated in Milan and is made out of alcohol and distilled it is also used in drinks with Orange and Grapefruit juice and Freud e catering on in Germany by Mary Neth staff writer the believe it or Are get Ting into French table with the exception of the the germans have always preferred the wines of their the Rhines and French country or table wines stayed pretty much at because of greater lowered Trade and the brainstorming of two Young Public relations French country wines Are catching on in Ger the germans used to think that French wine was just too says Karl Heinz manager of Jacques win depot in they have discovered that French table wine is Well with in their there also was the misconception that the French fed wines were All very that not the French red wine can be very it also is generally drier than the another big Factor that had kept the average German away from French according to was fear of looking the germans didst want to show their ignorance when it came to sorting out the French the Jacques win depots have done a lot to change this the depots were the idea of two Public relations men in devotees of French they started the first store in Disseldorf More or less on a Hobby their idea was to educate the German pub Lic about French wines while making a Small the concept they used in their first store in Disseldorf proved so popular that the business ran away from them it just grew too there Are 55 of the depots in the country and the two founders have Long since sold the depots now Are owned by the Horton the shops Are located on the outskirts of cities in Low rent we advertise by word of says one customer tips off the no frill shops Are self service which keeps the prices Low and they Are More like warehouses than custom ers can browse All they want and Are free to taste every wine before literature in German is also available throughout the shops at no advising about the various wines about French wines in and giving tips for both serving wine and cooking with there is also always someone around to Chat with about the attributes of the various almost All members of the depot staffs most of whom speak English Are artists or unemployed teachers All arc Well versed in French says we attend wine seminars and lectures and arc sent on buying trips to More than any other offers a wide Range of simple to first class there Are 12 definite wine growing areas offering distinctive wines and four categories of the Vins de table arc generally made by blending the wines of different growing they Gua Rantee the buyer the same taste year in and year the Vins de country arc wines of partic ular areas and must adhere to stricter Quality regulations than the table As with the table until recently they have generally been i country wines that were not frequently or appellation d origin control cd wine is the next Here the precise category of Quality must be As Well As the area of this is top wine whose Quality is strictly there also is wine High Quality wine from a certain but this is a very Small there Are presently 52 Jacques win depots in Ger to name a few Strah Lenberger 125 Neckerauer Strasse 126 in the basement of the Wickes Bau markets closed  64 gut Nussberg 6229 Walluf 1100 Yards from the end of turn right up the private most of the stores Are open from 3 to during the week and from 9 to 2 a Complete list of the stores and their hours is available from any of the above Klaus chief of procurement for the Safe class i said that because of the Over head class i has and the Cost of shipping French wines to the various store it cant really compete in Price with the we also dont buy land wines in lots from Small he but generally stick to Well known Page 14 the stars and stripes june 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15