Jacob Wirth was established as a bottler in Boston, Massachusetts in 1868 and began bottling lager beer at 160 Broad Street in Providence sometime in 1880 while residing in Boston. He became the New England agent for George Ehert's New York Hell Gate Lager Beer in 1883, dealing in quarter and half barrels.

Wirth began importing Rhine wines from Germany in 1885 and shortly after began manufacturing his own Rhine and Claret wines. At the same time he also began selling mineral and seltzer waters and was located at 164 Broad Street in Providence with Henry R. Wirth as manager of the branch.

Wirth's company was wholesaling liquors and bottling foreign and domestic lager and ale beers in 1892, with the company headquarters located at 33 Eliot Street in Boston. The Rhode Island branch, located in Providence at 186 Weybosset Street, was actually a restaurant listed under the name of Jacob Wirth & Co. They were also located in Pawtucket at 25-27 Page Street.

In 1892-93, the company was listed as selling beer, wines, liquor, etc. at another Pawtucket address, 17 North Main Street.

In 1900, under the name Jacob Wirth & Co. (Henry R. Wirth), they were importing and wholesaling liquors and wines at 227-231 West Exchange Street, Providence, and had become one of the earliest and largest bottlers of beer, wine, and mineral water in New England. They bottled for many different breweries including the famous Narragansett Brewery, Cranston, Rhode Island.

By 1927, the company had become the Wirth Concorde Ade Co., still located at the West Exchange address, and were the manufacturers of ".... a delicious and refreshing drink made from grapes."

The Jacob Wirth & Co. name still remained in 1990, but only as a restaurant and bar located at 33-37 Stuart Street in Boston, Massachusetts.