Dubonnet

Dubonnet is a sweet, wine-based aperitif. It is a blend of fortified wine, herbs, and spices (including a small amount of quinine),[1] with fermentationbeing stopped by the addition of alcohol.
Dubonnet was first sold in 1846 by Joseph Dubonnet, in response to a competition run by the French Government tofind a way of persuading French Foreign Legionnaires in North Africa to drink quinine.[1] Quinine combats malaria but is very bitter.
The brand-nameDubonnet was taken over by Pernod Ricard in 1976. It was re-popularised in late 1970s by an advertising campaign starring Pia Zadora. It is available in Rouge,Blanc and Gold (vanilla and orange) varieties. Dubonnet is also widely known by the advertisement slogan of the French graphic designer Cassandre "Dubo,Dubon, Dubonnet", which still can be found on walls of houses in France. Dubonnet is commonly mixed with lemonade or bitter lemon, and forms part of manycocktails. Reputedly it is a favourite beverage of:
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who liked gin and Dubonnet: 30% gin, 70% Dubonnet with a slice oflemon under the ice. She once noted before a trip, "...I think that I will take two small bottles of Dubonnet and gin with me this morning, in case it isneeded..."[2][3]
Queen Elizabeth II, who also likes a Dubonnet and gin before lunch every day.[4]
Hetty Wainthropp (self-made private investigator) of the BBCseries "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates".
Katie Morosky (played by Barbra Streisand) who drank "Dubonnet over ice" in the movie "The Way We Were" (1973).[5]