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Featured in a number of punch recipes, Passion Pop is a cheap Champagne, or carbonated wine. It is produced in NSW, Australia, and comes in a number of flavours:

• Original - Passionfruit flavoured, similar to passiona
• Mixed Berry - Berry flavoured, mostly strawberry flavoured with a hint of rasberry. Highly recommended
• Peach - Peach flavoured, very similar to original with a strange aftertaste. Not recommended

Specifications

Passion Pop is produced by Golden Gate Wines, as are a number of less well-known and similarly priced drinks. Passion Pop is labeled as a carbonated 'passion flavoured' wine, and comes in 750ml bottles. The drink is 9.5% alcohol, meaning that one bottle contains 5.6 standard drinks.

Demographic

As with any alcohol that has a low price the main demographic is underage drinkers, as large amounts can be purchased at minimal costs.The label of "cheap champagne" also provides kitch value which means the drink is popular for informal celebrations.

Price

The price of the drink is what has gained it notoriety, a bottle costs between $4.50 and $6.00

Recipes

Berry Passion Punch Recipe

• 2-10-ounce packages frozen sweetened strawberries, thawed
• 2-750-ml. bottles rosé wine (about 6½ cups)
• 1-1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
• Powdered sugar or simple syrup
• 3-750-ml. bottles mixed berry passion pop (about 10 cups)
• Ice

Chill all ingredients well before mixing. Purée the strawberries in a blender or food processor, adding a little of the rosé wine if necessary. Chill. Sweeten the lemon juice to taste with sugar or simple syrup and pour it into a punch bowl. Stir in the puréed strawberries and the wine. Add the passion pop last, just before serving. add ice. Makes about 40 servings.

Festive fruity punch

• 3 bottles original passion pop
• 1 1/2 cups-pineapple juice
• 1 1/2 cups-orange juice
• 1/2 cup-mango nectar
• passionfruit pulp

chill all ingredients. combine the juices and the mango nectar in large bowl. just before serving add passion pop. garnish with passionfruit pulp.

tropical passion punch

• 2 bottles peach passion pop
• 150ml vodka
• 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
• 1 1/2 cups grapefruit juice

chill all ingredients. combine the juices and the vodka in large bowl. just before serving add passion pop.

Packaging

It comes in a 750mL glass champagne bottle. The stopper at the top of the bottle is made of plastic, be sure to keep this as it can easily be used to reaseal the drink. Once the drink is resealed it will stay carbonated much longer than conventional champagne

Product disclaimer

One of the more controversial aspects of passion pop is a disclaimer on the side of the bottle, warning that the drink is "Produced with the aid of milk, fish, egg & nut. Products and traces may remain." The disclaimer has recently changed to "Produced with the aid of milk, fish, egg & nut products and traces may remain." Many speculate that this is merely added as a precaution against legal proceedings, should an adverse reaction occur with one of their customers. The four items mentioned, while unlikely to all be used in the manufacture of wine, are four of the most common allergenics in food. Paradoxically, this causes many people to ignore the warning - some psychologists see this as an example of Golden Gate using NLP (specifically negation) to manipulate customers into buying their product.

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