Marie Brizard et Roger International is a French alcoholic beverage company founded in 1755. It has been a subsidiary of

Belvédère Belvédère (; oc, Barver; it, Belvedere) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vésubie valley north of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is located at the entran ...

since 2006, and is based in

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

, France. The company sells liquors, pure cane syrups, recipes, and cocktails and mixes. The products are available in over 120 countries. The founder, Marie Brizard, was born in 1714 in

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one of 15 children of a barrel carpenter. In 1755, she took care of an ill

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sailor, and in return he gave her a recipe for aniseed liquor. That year, she and her nephew, Jean-Baptiste Roger, founded the company. The company began to grow, and was even presented to

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. In 1795, Jean-Baptiste Roger died. In 1801, Marie died. The company was passed to the widow of Roger, and the family kept ownership of the company for over ten generations until 1998. In 1954, it became a

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Apry.jpg, 1934 ad for Apry Marie Brizard Roger French Apricot Liqueur Marie Brizard.jpg, Display of several products Marie Brizard-1923.jpg, Marie Brizard advertisement from 1923

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Marie Brizard et Roger International Official Website
{{Authority control Distilleries in France Food and drink companies established in 1755

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