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Boone's Farm Blue Hawaiian wine

16 years ago

It's a blueberry flavored wine.

Leslie

Here is a link that might be useful: Boone's Farm

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sandy_in_ia
16 years ago
I LOVE Boone's Farm!!! LOL That is my type (and cost) of wine...when I drink wine.

Although, the girls just told me about Moscato d'Asti!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! That stuff is soooo good. Although, it is a bit more...it was $13! LOL See, I am a CHEAP drunk date! =) Caryn and I finished off a bottle of the Moscato d'Asti on Sunday night...Mmmmmmmm
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
16 years ago
That's what we call "Bird Wine"....cheap cheap cheap!

Gayle
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glenda_al
16 years ago
Used to love Boone's Farm!
golfergrrl
16 years ago
Heck, I didn't even know they were still around.
Brings back fond (?) memories...actually I can't remember much from my Boone's Farm days.
wandam1
16 years ago
Thanks, grammahony! I feel like an idiot for not thinking to look it up myself. *blush*

Yes, I was so surprised at all the 'new' flavors. Boone's Farm was the 'thing' when I was in high school. Now I feel like I am reverting, and am embarrassed to be buying them for my sherbert float experiments. LOL!

For today's blog post, I put a photo of my 'Rainbow Float'.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Bee Hive - My Blog
teresa_j30
16 years ago
I love Boone's...Strawberry Hill has been one of my favorites since....oops I wasn't even allowed to drink when it became one of my favs....lol
Jodi_SoCal
16 years ago
They still make Boone's Farm "wine"???

We are all showing our age! I didn't drink Boone's Farm though, I had real class, I drank Ripple! LOL

Jodi-
Charlee_MO
16 years ago
I'll confess, another BF lover here, too!

Jodi, Ripple?? lol

Got laughed at one time at a party for bringing it. Told the *itch she sure didn't have to drink any of it. *S*
Linda Wayman
16 years ago
I'm going to have to give that one a try. The group I ran with in the 60s thought we were becoming sophisticated by drinking wine, even if it was Boone's Farm. :)

Linda
chiroptera_mama
16 years ago
Boone's Farm over sliced strawberries is a favorite summer refresher. It's best if you can prepare it in advance in a pitcher and let it chill for a while.
pattico_gw
16 years ago
If they bottled it in blue bottles...I'd buy it just for the bottle....I can't find any blue bottles anymore...and I still want a bunch for a blue bottle tree.

You can have the liquid inside....lol

patti
gwanny2three
16 years ago
DH and I used to drink BF all the time...strawberry! I think I'll look to see what I can find now. Didn't know they still made it! This one sounds good....LOL!
chiroptera_mama
16 years ago
Pattico, I had a blueberry wine last week and it came in a blue bottle. I'll check our recycling can, if it's still there it's yours :)
Pieonear
16 years ago
I haven't had Boone's Farm since my old hippie days. We used to love Strawberry Fields. ;)
msprettyky
16 years ago
Boone's Farm is great stuff. Even people who say they dont like wine, usualy like it. By the way Sandy, moscato di asti is made by many different companies (my fav is BOSC) and I have found it for around $10. Excellent wine, but like you said, a little more costly.
pawsitive_gw
16 years ago
A "bottle" of wine? We buy ours in a box.....
nodakgal
16 years ago
Now this almost makes me want to run and see if I can find a bottle even tho its snowing like crazy outside!!
I love Boones Farm (Arbor Mist is my second fav) I told the kids about a year ago that I remember Boones Farm when it was $1.25/bottle! LOL Now its up to $4! LOL
lydia1959
16 years ago
TJ Swan (sp) was my favorite back in the late 70's, early 80's. It had to have been super cheap because I didn't have much money back then.

The Blueberry sounds good. One of my favorite wines in Blackberry Arbor Mist.
sandy_in_ia
16 years ago
OH MY GOSH!!!!! HOW could I have forgotten TJ Swan!??! My maiden name was Swan, and I thought it was soooo cool to drink that! Easy Days, Mellow Nights! =) Ohhhh the memories of my youth! I was given MANY bottles as house warming gifts when I moved into my first apartment!

Had to look it up to see if it is made any longer...don't believe it is.

msprettyky...that is the kind we had! Pattico...they are in pretty blue bottles too! I will keep it, and someday we will get together again and you can have them! =)

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