The spring was discovered by chance in 1852 in Georg Kreuzberg's vineyard, in Bad Neuenahr, Germany. He named it after St Apollinaris of Ravenna, a patron saint of wine. The water was drawn from a rocky source at a depth of 50 feet (15 m). By 1913 the company was producing 40 million bottles a year, 90% of which were exported worldwide. From the mid-1930s to 1945, the Apollinaris company in Germany was controlled by the Amt III, a division of the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt Amtsgruppe W in charge of the food industry in Nazi Germany. Today the source and the brand of Apollinaris belong to Coca-Cola, which acquired it from the multinational Cadbury-Schweppes in 2006.
Apollinaris Classic Mineral Water comes from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in Germany. It contains 470mg sodium, 90mg calcium, 120mg magnesium, 130mg chloride, 100mg sulfate and 1800mg bicarbonate. Apollinaris Classic Mineral Water thus contains a total of 2740mg of minerals per liter(Very high minerality).
It has very rich Magnesium, Bicarbonate, Sodium minerals.
Apollinaris Classic Mineral Water has a degree of hardness of 3.5 GH and is therefore considered as Very Hard Water.
Stephen Pouleris –
I love this water. lately I have been unable to find it in Atlanta. Are you awarre of any stores that carry it?