Cold Duck

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Cold Duck is the name of a sparkling wine made in the United States.

[edit] Origin

The wine was invented by Harold Borgman, the owner of Pontchartrain Wine Cellars in Detroit, in 1937. The recipe was based on a traditional German custom of mixing all the dregs of unfinished wine bottles with champagne.

The wine he produced was given the name Kaltes Ende ("cold end" in German), until it was humorously altered to the similar sounding term Kalte Ente meaning "cold duck" .

The exact recipe now varies, but the original combined one part of Californian red wine with two parts of New York sparkling wine.

[edit] 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.
  • Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery in South Africa now produce 'Fifth Avenue Cold Duck', also a sweet sparkling red.

[edit] Other uses

A jazz standard named "Cold Duck Time" by Eddie Harris has been performed by many jazz musicians, including Jeff Golub and Al Jarreau.