.jpg) A bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine, bought from the Buckfast Abbey shop | |
| Type | Fortified wine with caffeine |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Buckfast Abbey |
| Distributor | J. Chandler & Company (Great Britain) James E McCabe Ltd (Northern Ireland) Richmond Marketing (Republic of Ireland) |
| Region of origin | Devon |
| Introduced | 1880[1] |
| Alcohol by volume | 15.0% (UK) 14.8% (Ireland) |
| Ingredients | fortified wine, caffeine |
| Variants | Green Bottled (UK) Brown Bottled (Ireland) |
| Related products | Mistella |
| Website | https://www.buckfast.org.uk/tonic-wine |
Buckfast Tonic Wine is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of fortified wine with added caffeine,[2] originally made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. It is now made under a licence granted by the monastery, and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in Great Britain, James E McCabe Ltd in Northern Ireland,[3] and Richmond Marketing Ltd in Ireland. It is based on a traditional recipe from France. The wine's distributor reported record sales of £43.2 million as of March 2017.[4]
Despite being marketed as a tonic, Buckfast has become notorious in some parts of the United Kingdom for its association with ned culture and antisocial behaviour.[5] High retail sales have been recorded in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, as well as the Central Lowlands in Scotland which includes Glasgow and the surrounding areas of East Kilbride, Hamilton, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Cambuslang, Airdrie and Coatbridge.
- ^ "Tonic Wine". www.buckfast.org.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Buckfast: a drink with almost supernatural powers of destruction | Empire of Drinks". The Guardian. 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Our brands". JE McCabe Wholesalers. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Buckfast tonic wine hits record £43.2m sales high". www.thedrinksbusiness.com. 10 January 2018.
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