Cold Duck
Cold Duck is the name of a sparkling wine made in the United States.
Origin
The wine was invented by Harold Borgman, the owner of Pontchartrain Wine Cellars in Detroit, in 1937. The Cold Duck was made at the Ponchartrain Wine Cellars by simultaneously pouring Champagne and sparkling burgundy into a hollow stem wine glass. The recipe was based on a German legend involving Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony ordering the mixing of all the dregs of unfinished wine bottles with Champagne. The wine produced was given the name Kaltes Ende ("cold end" in German), until it was altered to the similar-sounding term Kalte Ente meaning "cold duck".[1] The exact recipe now varies, but the original combined one part of Mosel wine, one part Rhine wine with one part of Champagne, seasoned with lemons and balm mint.[2]
Other wines
- During the early 1970s, the South Australian company Orlando Wines produced a sparkling red wine labelled 'Cold Duck'. Between 1971 and 1974, there were a number of trademark registrations, including Cold Turkey, Chicken, Gander, and Stork.
- In the early 1970s, Glenvale Vineyards and Montana Vineyards in New Zealand each produced wine under the name 'Cold Duck'.[3][4]
- Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery in South Africa now produces 'Fifth Avenue Cold Duck', also a sweet sparkling red.
References
- ^ "You haven't lived here until ... You drink a cold duck". Detroit Free Press. 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on July 11, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ Kohnen, Alexander (23 July 2009). "Wein-Presse (5): Zurück zur Bowle!". Rhein-Zeitung Magazine (in German). Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Simpson, Heather (24 December 2015). "Famed Cold Duck wine unearthed in Blenheim drinks cabinet". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ Little, Paul (8 December 2016). "Cold shivers: An ode to New Zealand's own Cold Duck wine". North and South. Retrieved 2018-04-22.