The brand was Vin Mariani, the brainchild of French chemist ... which was needed to draw out the drug. While the alcohol in the Bordeaux wine provided the extraction needed, Mariani was not ...

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 ...

then a legal drug. 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 ...

The drug wasn’t snorted or (necessarily ... Metcalf’s wine wasn’t the top seller of the day: Italian druggist Vin Mariani’s was. A 19th century ad for Vin Mariani’s coca wine claimed ...

Vin Mariani was a concoction of cocaine in claret ... other products were also available in the late nineteenth century. Large drug companies such as Parke-Davis in Detroit also got into the ...

Illegality has supercharged the drug’s profitability, wrapping cocaine’s supply ... In 1863, he marketed a Bordeaux wine with coca he called Vin Mariani. The quantity of cocaine in Vin Mariani was ...

It's always a trip to look back in time to the days when the effects of certain drugs weren't widely understood ... cocaine-infused beverage: Vin Mariani. Vin Mariani was invented by Angelo ...

Vin Mariani was an immediate hit ... and for the first recorded experience of the drug in its pure form: he apparently put it on his tongue and reported a very quick local numbness.

Vin Mariani contained 11 per cent alcohol and ... That refined version of the drug brought the user an exhilarating rush by, in effect, tricking the brain into thinking it's been furnished with ...