

Because of its original color and bottle shape, it was frequently mistaken for a wine cooler. It has a syrupy consistency and a sweet taste. Cisco is a fortified wine with varieties selling at 13.9%, 17.5%, and 19.5% alcohol by volume ( ABV).Two notable brands are produced by the Centerra Wine Company (a division of Constellation Brands).It went out of production in the late 1970s.

Advertising implied the wine was a Russian import, but it was produced in the US. It was referred to in commercials as WILD RUSSIAN VANYA, WHAT A WINE, and featured various flavors similar to competitor MD 20/20. Wild Russian Vanya was a fortified fruit wine vinted and bottled by the Seabord Beverage Co and sold in the southeastern American states (such as Georgia and Florida) during the late 1960s and early 1970s.Its production was canceled after Mikhail Gorbachev's anti-alcohol laws came into effect. It was marketed as " port wine" and infamous for many severe cases of alcohol poisoning and for inducing vomiting. Solntsedar ( Russian: Солнцедар, named after a town on the Black Sea where it was produced) was a Soviet brand of low-end fortified wine produced using ingredients sourced from Algeria.Currently, MD 20/20 is sold neither in 20 oz bottles nor at 20% alcohol by volume. Initially, 20/20 stood for 20 oz at 20% alcohol. MD 20/20 has an alcohol content that varies by flavor from 13% to 18%. The MD stands for its producer, Mogen David. MD 20/20 (often called by its nickname Mad Dog ) is an American fortified wine.There is also a range of "Ready to Drink" (RTD) 330 mL pre-mixed cocktails in a four-pack, with a strength of 8% alcohol by volume. Alcohol levels vary by flavour, but tend to be between 20% and 22% alcohol by volume (40 to 44 proof). Made in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, Divas produce a range of flavoured and unflavoured fortified wines used as a substitute to traditional mixers such as vodka, triple sec and coconut rum.


It also enjoys strong popularity and near cult-following in Northern Ireland, often referred to simply as "Bucky" and in some cases " Lurgan Champagne". Some have nicknamed it "Wreck the Hoose Juice". It is particularly popular along the central belt of Scotland, especially Glasgow, Faifley, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Coatbridge and other Strathclyde areas, as well as Falkirk, Fife, Edinburgh and the Lothians, but critics have blamed it for being a cause of social problems in Scotland.
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Buckfast Tonic Wine is a tonic wine with added alcohol, caffeine, and sugar, produced under license from Buckfast Abbey, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Devon, England.They are made from various fruits (including grapes and citrus fruits) with added sugar, artificial flavor, and artificial color. Flavored fortified wines or tonic wines (known informally as bum wines or bum vino) are inexpensive fortified wines that typically have an alcohol content between 13% and 20% alcohol by volume (ABV).
