People who were kids about the same time I was will testify (though memories fail about other things) that they remember clearly that Joe D’s Pop Rouge was the best red soda pop ever produced, anywhere.
It was bottled by “Poppa Joe” Russo’s Abbeville Bottling Works, which made most of its money as the regional distributor for Falstaff beer. But it also produced soft drinks such as NuGrape, Sun…