May 13, 2005 - For Immediate Release
ACTUAL QUOTES FROM GRAPETTE LOVERS
- "[My husband] would talk over and over about how wonderful it was to drink this product when he was a child. I found on the shelves of Wal-Mart ...I was the star of the world for a few days due to my find." Frann Marple, Kansas
Two weeks later this message came from Mrs. Marple. "My husband and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary [and] instead of paying... for champagne, we are in the process of purchasing... Grapette and have asked our children to 'toast' us with this drink. We intend to give each of our guest[s] a 'blast from the past'. We consider Grapette the 'house wine of the Marples.'" - "When I was a little girl, my Dad would take my brother [and me] with him to get gas at a little service station in town. At the station there was one of those old ice chests... with big chunks of ice and soft drinks. My favorite was Grapette. I am now in my sixties and I can still taste the grape flavor." Lillian Huston, Delaware.
- "One of the best treats I can remember, is my friend's dad taking us by the local train station... every Sunday after church... and we would each get a Grapette. That was in the 1950s. With today's many different soft drinks, none compare, in my eyes, to Grapette." Diana Van Huss, Tennessee.
- "Grapette was virtually the only soda I drank for most of the years of my youth. We loved Grapette. People who didn't even like soft drinks loved Grapette. It has the most unique taste. None of the other grape sodas could replicate that flavor." Jeff Murphy, Hawaii.
- "I've missed [Grapette] so much. When we used to go fishing, my friends left beer at the dock and drank my Grapettes." David Burry, Florida.
- "Nothing can compare to reaching down into that old metal cooler filled with ice, water and soda...bringing up a Grapette, snapping off the lid and guzzling down half a bottle before taking a breath! Yes, at 53, I can still remember how good that tasted." Sharon Shumate, Texas
- "I was wandering through the new Wal-Mart last night and found Grapette. My husband and daughter thought I had won the lottery, I was so excited. I'm from southern Arkansas, so Grapette was part of many memories." Becky Fish, Tennessee.
- "Grapette was my favorite drink. We used to see who could drink one with the least swallows...choke, spit, splash... all kinds of laughs would take place [while] everyone's t-shirts [would] have grape splotches all over them." Phil Landry, Texas
- "[We] are looking forward to having [Grapette] back in our lives, just as we would any old, well-loved friend." Carol and David Horton, Missouri.
- " I told my dad I loved Grapette so much that I could drink six of them at one sitting. He brought me six and I tried...but didn't make it. However the episode became something my family members referred to time to time." George Whitaker, Texas
- "My fishing buddy and I enjoyed this drink as children and have fond memories of our parents using it as a reward if we were good when we got haircuts." Dave Kelly, Texas
- "My friends and I used to play cowboys and Grapette was our 'whiskey.' After the gunfights and whuppin' all the bad guys, we would all go in the house (saloon) and 'belly up to the bar.' We could sure rest easier in the saddle after a shot of that stuff." John Highley, Oklahoma
