Texas Driver wine?

Factual Questions
1

In a lot of Stephen King novels, a mention is made of a drink entitled “Texas Driver”. And yet, I can’t find neither hide nor heels of this online. What gives-is it just a name King made up?

2

Anyone?

3

My google-fu is not up to the task.

4

Sounds like a local concoction. Must be made with vodka if it has the word “driver” in it.

5

Mentioned on this site.

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
In a lot of Stephen King novels, a mention is made of a drink entitled “Texas Driver”. And yet, I can’t find neither hide nor heels of this online. What gives-is it just a name King made up?
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It’s made up.

The favorite drink of Buddy Repperton, Texas Driver is supposed to be a low-end fortified wine, similar to Ripple (Fred Sanford’s choice), Thunderbird, MD 20/20, Cisco, Night Train, and Wild Irish Rose.

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[QUOTE=aldiboronti]
Mentioned on this site.
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Different. A Texas screwdriver is a mixed drink. Texas Driver was a bottled commercial drink that was featured in King’s story Christine, among others.

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[QUOTE=Bricker]
The favorite drink of Buddy Repperton, Texas Driver is supposed to be a low-end fortified wine, similar to Ripple (Fred Sanford’s choice), Thunderbird, MD 20/20, Cisco, Night Train, and Wild Irish Rose.
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According to the description in Christine, it is closer to a wine cooler than a fortified wine:
[QUOTE=Christine, page 309]
“A State Police source was quoted as saying “liquor was probably a factor” --an officially opaque way of saying that the shattered remains of over half a dozen bottles of a juice-and-wine combination sold under the trade name Texas Driver had been found in the wreckage.”
[/QUOTE]
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9

Given Stephen King’s obsessive penchant for inserting pop culture and brand names into his fiction, I would never have had a doubt about this.

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[QUOTE=Bricker]
It’s made up.

The favorite drink of Buddy Repperton, Texas Driver is supposed to be a low-end fortified wine, similar to Ripple (Fred Sanford’s choice), Thunderbird, MD 20/20, Cisco, Night Train, and Wild Irish Rose.
[/QUOTE]

[Jake]
Night Train’s a mean wine.
[/Jake]

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Thanks, guys. Usually King uses actual products, as mentioned above, so I assumed this was the case. Huh.