![]() A bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine, bought from the Buckfast Abbey shop | |
Type | Fortified wine with caffeine |
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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Buckfast Tonic Wine is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of fortified wine with added caffeine,[2] originally made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.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[citation needed], as well as the Central Lowlands[citation needed] in Scotland which includes Glasgow and the surrounding areas of East Kilbride, Hamilton[citation needed], Blantyre, South Lanarkshire[citation needed], Cambuslang[citation needed], Airdrie[citation needed] and Coatbridge[citation needed].
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