Cold Duck is the name of a sparkling wine made in the United States that was at one stage the best-selling sparkling wine in America. A glass of sparkling wine Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ...

The wine was invented by Harold Borgman, the owner of Pontchartrain Wine Cellars in Detroit, in 1937 and based on a traditional German custom of mixing all the dregs of unfinished wine bottles with champagne. This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the secondary fermentation of wine. ...

The wine he produced was given the name Kalte Ende (cold end), until it was humorously altered to Kalte Ente meaning 'cold duck' in German. Legend has it that a Paulo Gamboa - known commonly by his nickname "The Cold Duck" - was a frequent drinker of the product, thus inspiring the name change.

Cold Duck is best served chilled. Although most sparkling wines are served in flutes, Cold Duck is best served in a circle chug format.

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