Perrier

Dr. Perrier wrote many articles on the virtues of thermal water and applied for a variety of patents.

In 1898, the Établissement Thermal de Vergèze became the Société des Eaux Minérales, Boissons et Produits Hygiéniques de Vergèze. The company set itself a tremendous challenge: selling water to the French at a time when wine, beer and absinthe were more the norm.

From that point on, Dr. Perrier decided to devote himself entirely to the spring and to perfecting the bottling operation. The physician spent a lot of time developing a glass bottle with a hermetically sealed cap, so he could package and ship water that contained three times its volume in carbonation.