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Buckfast Tonic Wine is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of fortified wine with added caffeine,[2] originally made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.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 Scotland and Northern Ireland for its association with ned culture and antisocial behaviour.[5] High retail sales are recorded in Lurgan, as well as throughout the Central Lowlands including 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.
^Cite error: The named reference health was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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