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“Wine coolers have come out of nowhere,” declared our columnist George Lazarus in September 1984, and the man was right.
Odds are, anyone who remembers the Reagan Era also remembers sipping these cloyingly sweet blends of jug wine, carbonated water and juice. In issue after issue, Adweek, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, dutifully covered the proliferation of wine cooler brands.
None of these was bigger than Bartles & Jaymes, which fizzed its way to the top of the category thanks to TV spots starring two suspender-wearing galoots named Frank Bartles and Ed Jaymes inviting America to chill with a pink grapefruit cooler.
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