[Sca-cooks] period sparkling cider

[Dan Phelps]

Where is the Perrier spring located?
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http://www.perrier.com/

The following was clipped from their page.

The Perrier spring is located in the Gard district, in the city of Vergèze,
which is located in the south of France, between Nîmes and Montpellier.

A long time ago

A long, long time ago, the earth was the scene of immense and unrelenting
chaos.

Landslides followed volcanic eruptions that treated the planet to
astonishing fireworks displays.

Born of these awe-inspiring cataclysms, Perrier water resulted from a coming
together of the elements.

Let's travel back in time to 218 B.C.E. Legend has it that Hannibal and his
army, after crossing Spain on their way to conquer Rome, decided to set up
camp on the site of what would become known, much later, as Les Bouillens.
They found an ideal bivouac: water from the carbonated spring was plentiful,
and the soldiers found it remarkably refreshing.

The spring is mentioned next around the time Julius Caesar was appointed
proconsul of Gaul in 58 B.C.E. To reward his soldiers, Caesar gave them
plots of land on the Languedoc plain. Water being rare in those parts, the
Romans had to husband their water supply carefully. The Pont du Gard and the
Constantine baths at Arles are the results of their efforts. The Romans were
the first to build a stone basin at the site of the spring, along with a few
buildings. These installations were a precursor to the spa that would be
built much later on.

 Daniel Raoul