Bormotukha (Russian бормотуха) and chernila (literally ink) were colloquial names for cheap flavored fortified wines, commonly named "port wine" or "vermouth", that were produced in the Soviet Union.
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Bormotukha (Russian бормотуха) and chernila (literally ink) were colloquial names for cheap flavored fortified wines, commonly named "port wine" or "vermouth", that were produced in the Soviet Union. Examples of bormotukha were Agdam (named after a city in Azerbaijan) ' and ' (colloquially called "Three Axes").
One of the sources of inexpensive wine material was Algeria, with which a long-term contract was concluded after it gained independence, with the aim of drawing it into the "socialist sphere". The wine material was transported to the USSR by tankers, and fortified wines were then produced locally on its basis.
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