12.18.2008

Coca Cola as Wine

It's been awhile, so here's a fun fact of the day...

The J.S. Pemberton Medicine Co. was formed in Atlanta circa 1885 to sell three principal products: a cough syrup and a hair dye that are both long forgotten, plus Pemberton's French Wine of Cola. In 1886, after Atlanta's Fulton County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton devised a nonalcoholic version of his Wine of Cola, known today as Coca-Cola.