Wild Russian Vanya

Wild Russian Vanya was a bumwine vinted and bottled in Georgia and sold at beer and wine stores during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was referred to in commercials as WILD RUSSIAN VANYA, WHAT A WINE. It was a fortified wine with about 20% alcohol by volume. Attempts were made to make people think it was a Russian import but it was not. This yellow peach-flavored wine was a favorite for some years among the street winos and tramps and a few college students. It went out of production in the late 1970s being outcompeted by bumwines such as Thunderbird, Night Train, and Wild Irish Rose in price. This hangover inducing concoction is remembered by many and missed by few people.