Wincarnis
Wincarnis was the name of a British tonic based on wine, meat extract and malt . The name was derived from Wine , English for wine, and Carnis , Latin for meat. Wincarnis is now sold as a (with alcohol) fortified wine (17%) with the addition of grape juice, malt extract and spices by 'Ian Macleod Distilleries' and marketed as an aperitif wine. It no longer contains meat extract.
history
Wincarnis was originally marketed as Liebig's Extract of Meat and Malt Wine. The manufacturer was 'Coleman and Co Ltd' in Norwich . The brand was later sold to Hedges & Butler, which in 1998 was transferred to Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd of Broxburn, Scotland .
Earlier marketing in Germany
Wincarnis was touted in Germany as the 'finest southern wine with the best malt and meat extract' for convalescence and as 'stimulates the appetite, strengthens the blood and strengthens nerves' and was sold in pharmacies and drugstores in particular.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Homan: Medicated Cheer . The Pharmaceutical Journal. December 2003. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved on August 14, 2014.
- ^ Advertisement, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, number 213, p. 4, August 3, 1914