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THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST COCA DRINK

This invigorating drink made from wine and coca leaves was born in 1863 in Bastia and was invented by Angelo Mariani, pharmacy technician. 
 
Fascinated by the coca plant and its virtues, he went in Paris to continue his work. He will cultivate it in a greenhouse at 10 – 12, rue de Chartres in Neuilly-sur-Seine and infuse it in wine…
Its beneficial preparation did not take long to have its effect: at the time this wine was prescribed as medicine by doctors to combat the flu, nervous conditions, anemia and impotence.
 
She achieved even greater fame in the United States than in Europe and toured the world!
 
Faced with this success Angelo Mariani opens offices in London, New York and Montreal. 
 
He experiments in its greenhouses with new techniques for improving and acclimatizing the plant and publishes its studies in medical and pharmaceutical libraries in France and the United States.

THE MARIANI ALBUMS

Angelo Mariani received multiple recognitions and illustrations from the best artists of the time, which he recorded in fourteen albums. 
 
It also distributes the testimonials of numerous personalities praising the benefits of its wine in newspapers and magazines. 
Among them we find presidents of the Republics, ministers, marshals and generals, popes, sovereigns, composers, artists and actors, sculptors, painters and writers.

In homage to Angelo Mariani, this great benefactor, patron and philanthropist, thethe house brings back its famous coca wine where we find a decainized plant whose benefits are preserved. 
 
You will be able to taste it and appreciate it, in a real centenary collector's bottle dating from the 19th century, in limited edition!
 
Discover some articles published in the newspapers of the time as well as certain testimonies taken from his albums:
— His Majesty Alfonso XII, King of Spain
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Mr. Mariani –

 

Recognition, for our wounded; thank you for your generous and cordial sending.

 
— SAI Princess Marie Bonaparte
 
— HRH Princess George of Greece
 
— HH Pope Benedict XV

Gold medal sent by HH Pope Leo XIII to Mr. Mariani.

— Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal

I thank Mr. Mariani on behalf of my patients for the generous offering of his excellent wine.

 

— Grand Duchess Wladimir of Russia
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— United States President McKinley
— HH Pope Leo XIII
— French President Félix Faure
— HM Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway
— HSH Albert 1st, Prince of Monaco
— His Excellency Figueroa Alcorta, President of the Argentine Republic
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POPE LEON XIII AND THE MARIANI TONIC WINE

But, since a single bottle of the extraordinary Coca Mariani wine is enough to assure you of a hundred years of existence, I will therefore have to live until 2700!... Finally, I give up!

 

Your grateful good

 

— Jules Vernes
COCA MARIANI FRANCE

Dear Mr Mariani,

 

Your Coca wine strengthens as much as your friendship comforts.

You are both goodness itself

 

- The light Brothers
- Emile Zola
—Sir Augustus Harris
—Thomas Edison

Our Lord Mariani

 

Of all the wines I have tasted, I find that Mariani is the most delicious and the most fortifying, I am not surprised that all wine lovers appreciate it infinitely.

 

— The Minister of China in Paris
COCA MARIANI USA
— William McKinley

A glass of Mariani – or two, – or three..

We would feel like less of a woman!

 

—Colette
COCA MARIANI
—Roland Bonaparte