It was also in a wine endorsed by a pope. Two popes, actually. The brand was Vin Mariani, the brainchild of French chemist and winemaker Angelo Mariani. In the mid- to late 1800s, the beverage was ...

The pope invited the drink's maker to Rome, adorned him with a golden medal and wrote him a personal letter which he allowed ...

Three years later, at age 25, Mariani had mastered the art of extracting cocaine and blending it with wine. Delighted with the results of his experiments, he launched Vin Mariani two years later. The ...

a chemist called Angelo Mariani created Vin Mariani, a cocaine-infused wine – and it was loved by Presidents and Popes alike. The Andean coca leaf had been used by Indigenous Aymara people for ...

The 1860s were a simpler time, when wine with cocaine in it could be marketed as an energy drink, and Vin Mariani was only one of many popular coca-based beverages claiming to “restore health ...

It's always a trip to look back in time to the days when the effects of certain drugs weren't widely understood. Back then, a ...

[Vin Mariani] has been found of especial use in Diseases of the Stomach and of the Respiratory and Vocal Organs. …It is especially adapted, on account of its nice taste, for Children.” To read more ...

Eventually Mariani marketed a large number of cocaine products in addition to his wine, including tea, lozenges, and cigarettes. Inspired by success of Vin Mariani, John Permberton, a drugstore ...

An Irish drinks firm are gearing up for the relaunch of a wine that was first created over 150 years ago. Babco are set to release a small batch of authentic Vin Mariani, which was first created ...

In the 19th century, cocaine was legal and Vin Mariani was seen not only as a health tonic but also as a drink for the elite socialities of the time. Ordering a glass of cocaine wine was regarded ...