The recipe for the Tonic wine is attributed to the original French monks who settled at Buckfast Abbey in the 1880's. Base wines from Spain, known as mistellas, were imported & to these were added the tonic ingredients according to the old recipe. By the 1920's 1400 bottles were sold annually, 500 from Buckfast & the remainder by post. In 1927 a London wine merchant was visiting the Abbey, & in conversation with the Abbot, Anscar Vonnier, it was decided that the monks would continue to make the Tonic wine with the distribution & sale to be carried out by a separate marketing company. In order to broaden its appeal the Tonic was changed slightly from a rather severe patent medicine to a smoother, more mature medicated wine. Having taken on the marketing of Buckfast the distributing company adopted a reserved promotional approach resulting in the widespread appreciation of the product nationally & internationally. In modern times it continues to be made by the monks of Buckfast Abbey along the same lines & according to the same basic recipe as used in the very early days. The main difficulty lies in the successful addition of inert substances to a base wine
- a living & natural entity. The selection of the base wine is thus of prime importance. Today the base mistellas come from France providing the ideal medium for the skill & expertise of the monks to produce a finished product round & mature to the most discerning of tastes.
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