We came of age on Cisco “wine coolers” in junior high and high school. Man, those were silly times. And I turned out just fine too.
For us who were teens in the 80s, it was Bartles & Jaymes and California Coolers. We dismissively called them "training beer" but the important fact was that girls loved them! We always made sure to have plenty on hand.
Congress killed the wine cooler in 1991 when they raised the excise tax on wine from $.17/gallon to $1.07. This led to the creation of malt beverages like Zima and all the crazy, sweet, skull-crushing hangover-inducing flavors.