Most likely, you’ve never heard of such a beverage, such as tonic wine from Buckfast (Buckfast). However, thanks to the monks of the local Abbey, he has many years of pleasing the British and becomes almost cult far beyond the quiet team in cassocks. Journalist Stephen castle explores the popularity of English wines in the pages of the new York times.

“Dense, sweet and flavorful, like wine with spices, with hints of violets and caffeine fix, a local alcoholic drink produced by Benedictine monks for the past one hundred years, was now in the center of a rapidly growing business,” says castle.

And along with it – and at the center of scandals.

The growing popularity of the Scottish youth earned him a controversial reputation. Abode in Buckfast the locals called “the Abbey, with broth”, and his wine-tonic has come under fire.

There was concern that such drinks create an army of “wide-awake drunks” responsible for a variety of offenses, including drunk driving and sexual harassment. The Scottish Parliament is considering amendments to the legislation that may ban Buckfast (or just “Bucky” Buckie), if the recipe will not be changed.

“The idea that Scots read the British sermons about the dangers of alcohol, it seems provocative, if not frankly offensive,” writes the castle in his article.

Meanwhile, distributors and sellers Buckfast argue that there is no evidence that this drink contributes more to crime than any other alcohol. But despite these objections, the peace Abbey has met with political opposition.

Because of the criticism and accusations, on a quiet area of the West of England, the economy of which the local Abbey plays a role, under heavy clouds.

The opposition is led by Richard Simpson, a lawmaker from the English labour party. According to him, the wine as a tonic – a good idea (she was originally, notes the castle), however, the quantities in which it is now used has already been absolutely not about the tonic. Simpson is involved in the development of the bill about limiting caffeine content in alcoholic drinks.

“There is no doubt that the combination of caffeine and alcohol may give birth to drunks in tone, says Simpson castle. – Increases the likelihood that such drunk driving and that he will be sexually aggressive. If you drink a lot of alcohol, then eventually fall into a coma, but if you use a fair amount of caffeine, then before you pass out, you have time to go through a phase of increased aggression.”

As reported in the article, the new law should restrict the caffeine in alcoholic drinks 150 grams per liter.

And as the producers themselves wine tonic, they act quite in the spirit of the monks.

Guide Bachatskogo Abbey, famous for his public reticence. Its head, the Abbot David Charlesworth, refused to comment to a reporter, “new York times”.