Anyone Recall a BNB Wine, Matilda Bay


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Recently, several of us winos were discussing our "old days," and the plonk that we ingested in the name of wine, while discussing how folk eschew Rosé wines, because of built-in prejudice against "pink wine." We ran down the usual suspects, Mateus Rosé, Lancer's Rosé (I even did certain amounts of Lancer's "white," in a green bottle, but that was more to keep my wife happy, as I was starting to get into "real" reds about that time.), White Zinfandels, and other "unmentionable" near-wines, and the like. As we recounted our battle scars, I began to catalog the wine-like beverages that I'd brought home. 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. These were pre-Outback Steakhouse Days. Anyway, back to the Matilda Bay. It came in a brightly colored box, almost "Miami Vice" in scheme. I do not recall the US importer, nor any data, regarding the production of the " wine." It was probably something like "fruit-essence, water, and ethanol... " Is there anyone in AWF, who remembers this wine? Trying to de-construct my memories of the beverage in that box, I'd give a big nod to Muscat, Viognier, and who-knows what white wine base, Chard? SB? Sémillon? It had a very floral nose (though I wasn't much into "smelling" my wine, back then), a very slightly sweet aspect, and actually a couple of layers of flavor. I recall the flowers, a bit of citrus, some minerals.

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 recallknow the blend of grapes?

Doing the mental re-construct years after the last taste, I'd liken it to Caymus Conundrum a few vintages ago, but lighter, with fewer nuances.

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