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The origin of today's spirits and champagne conglomerate lies in Switzerland. The doctor Dr. Pierre Ordinaire (1741-1821) emigrated to Switzerland during the French Revolution in 1792 and developed a recipe for a stimulating anise drink from wormwood and the spices fennel and anise through many experiments. In 1797, he sold it to Major Daniel-Henri Dubied (1757-1823), who, together with his son-in-law Henri-Louis Pernod (1776-1851), founded an industrial absinthe distillery in Couvet in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.

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Expansion to France

The drink became immensely popular and became world-famous under the new brand name Pernod. Henri-Louis Pernod founded a second distillery in Pontalier (France) in 1805 under the name "Maison Pernod Fils". The absolute heyday of Pernod was in the mid-19th century. At that time, it still contained absinthe and had a high alcohol content of 65 to 75%. In this form, Pernod became the cult drink among the artists of France.

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