Vin Mariani
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Vin Mariani was a coca wine and patent medicine created in the 1860s by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist from the island of Corsica. Mariani became intrigued with coca and its medical and economic pot
Advertising bill for the wine Mariani, lithograph of Jules Chéret, 1894
Pope Leo XIII purportedly carried a hipflask of Vin Mariani with him, and awarded a Vatican gold medal to Angelo Mariani.
Vin Mariani medal by Louis-Oscar Roty
Medal of Coca Mariani wine
Pemberton's French Wine Coca
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Pemberton's French Wine Coca was a coca wine created by the druggist John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola. It was an alcoholic beverage, mixed with coca, kola nut, and damiana. The original recip
Vin Mariani
…Augusta Holmès also endorsed Vin Mariani in print testimonials. Vin Mariani was apparently an inspiration for John S. Pemberton's 1885 coca wine drink, Pemberton's French Wine Coca. Pemberton's recipe was very similar to that of Vin Mariani, including the coca leaves. It was differentiated only by the inclusion of the African kola…
1885 advertisement