Flavored fortified wine explained

Flavored fortified wine or tonic wine is inexpensive fortified wine that typically has an alcohol content between 13% and 20% alcohol by volume (ABV). They are made from various fruits (including grapes and citrus fruits) with added sugar, artificial flavor, and artificial color.

Brands

History

An early reference to the problem of cheap and poorly made wines is in the "Report on Cheap Wines" in the 5 November 1864 issue of The Medical Times and Gazette. The author, in prescribing inexpensive wines for several ills, cautions against the "fortified" wines of the day, describing one sample that he had tried:

It is reported, however, that the popularity of cheap, fortified wines in the United States arose in the 1930s as a product of Prohibition and the Great Depression:

Concerns and media attention

While overtaken somewhat in the low-end alcoholic drink market by sweetened malt beverages by the 1990s, the appeal of cheap fortified wines to the poor and homeless has often raised concerns:

In 2005, the Seattle City Council asked the Washington State Liquor Control Board to prohibit the sale of certain alcohol products in an impoverished "Alcohol Impact Area". Among the products sought to be banned were over two dozen beers and six wines: Cisco, Gino's Premium Blend, MD 20/20, Night Train, Thunderbird, and Wild Irish Rose.[14] The Liquor Control Board approved these restrictions on 30 August 2006.[15] Two other cities in Washington, Tacoma and Spokane, also followed suit in instituting "Alcohol Impact Areas", after Seattle's example.[16] [17]

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Notes and References

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  8. Web site: Gordon . Will . Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Richards Wild Irish Rose . seriouseats.com . 17 December 2019 . 17 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217192011/https://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/08/drinking-the-bottom-shelf-richards-wild-irish-rose-bum-wine-review.html . live .
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  12. Web site: Dent . Bryan . What's the Word? Thunderbird! The strange and unnatural history of America's favorite wine. . Modern Drunkard Magazine . 16 December 2019 . 16 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216205738/https://drunkard.com/whats-the-word-thunderbird/ . live .
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  14. News: Hector Castro . City could soon widen alcohol impact areas . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . 7 December 2005 .
  15. http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/aia/ Alcohol Impact Area Information and Updates
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  17. Spokane Alcohol Impact Area Press Release . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320082539/http://liq.wa.gov/pressreleases/spokaiarelease . 2012-03-20 . dead .