bout: Vin Fiz:

"Tastes like a cross between river water (sludge) and horse slop"

"You have to sneak up on it to get it down."

"It has a laxative effective"

These were just a few comments on the 1911 Vin Fiz soda. Bottled and sold in syrup, delivered to the local pharmacies and soda fountains of the day, Vin Fiz did not live up to the advertising as "The SPARKLING Grape Drink sold at all Soda Fountains"

Research is underway to locate the original recipe, but it's doubtful it will ever be authentically reproduced. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time in its history Vin Fiz is being sold individually bottled.

{Note: (1/8/07) C. Gray of California has informed us that a 50th Anniversary soda was manufactured (circa 1961) in individual bottles. We will attempt to learn more about the 1961 brand, distribution and sales, (where it was made) and will post these findings here.}

Today's Vin Fiz is a mild grape pure cane sugar soda. Some say they taste a hint of root beer/birch beer/ginger beer aftertaste, you will have to decide. (Our new Vin Fiz recipe is a trade secret!) Sold in 12 oz. glass, twist off cap bottles, we think the flavor is "Historically Refreshing". We have tried to capture a time and feeling back when soda pop was made with real sugars and not artificial, processed high fructose corn syrups. It costs more to produce this type of soda and more costly to bottle in glass, but we think the results make Vin Fiz a treat that soda is supposed to be.

Imagination Counts, LLC in conjunction with Conner Bottling Works of Newfields, NH worked together to blend this new grape flavor and began bottling in micro-batches November 2006. The first cases of Historically Refreshing™ Vin Fiz™ hit local shelves in Portsmouth New Hampshire that first week of December 2006.

The Aviatrix pictured above was an actual image used in the 1912 advertising and currently serves as the label design for today's Vin Fiz Soda.

The Vin Fiz Flyer was a Wright Model EX obtained by Cal in 1911 directly from the Wright Bros. especially for the transcontinental attempt. Dubbed "Betsy" by Cal, the Model EX was a little larger than the Wright Model "B" and boasted a larger engine. With wing warping controls, Cal and all aviators of the day had their hands full flying a Wright aeroplane.

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