Does anyone know if buckfast wine is suitable for vegetarians?

Question

i know some wines use animal derivitives in the fining process

Answer 1

Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast, Buckie or Bucky is a tonic wine produced by Buckfast Abbey in Devon, south west England. The wine was first produced in 1890s by the Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey using a recipe brought over from France, as indeed is the wine base used today.

The wine was originally sold in small quantities by the Abbey itself, as a medicine with the slogan "Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood". In 1927 the Abbey lost its licence to sell wine, as a result of which the Abbot signed a deal with wine merchants to distribute the wine on the Abbey's behalf. At the same time, the recipe was changed in order for the wine to appeal to a wider customer base, resulting in increased sales. The modern bottle carries a notice that it does not in fact have tonic properties of the type claimed in the former slogan.

In recent times, Buckfast has achieved a surprising level of popularity within working class and bohemian communities in certain parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Buckfast sold in the Republic of Ireland has a slightly lower alcoholic strength, arrives in a darker bottle, and lacks the vanillin flavouring of the UK version.

Aside from 'Buckie', other nicknames include 'The Wine', 'Tonic', 'commotion lotion' and 'wreck-the-hoose juice'.. Statistics record that Lanarkshire accounts for around 10% of worldwide sales, with exports chiefly to Spain, Australia and the Caribbean.

The Ingredients of Buckfast wine are :

Red wine based aperitif

Sodium glycerophosphate

Dipotassium phosphate, a protein stabiliser

Caffeine[2] (37.5mg/100ml[citation needed])

Disodium phosphate, a stabliser and emulsifer.

Vanillin (not present in the 'brown bottle' variant sold in the Republic of Ireland)

so now u know!!

Answer 2

I am not sure, but you can ask them here:

http://www.buckfast.org.uk/page-tonicwin...