La Fee Parisienne Absinthe Superieure - 200ml Bottle

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Discover Our World of AbsintheLa Fee Parisienne Absinthe SuperieureLa Fee eye of Absinthe since 2000"La Fee captures the aroma and taste that great writers and artists such as Rimbaud, Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh enjoyed at the end of the 19th century"Marie-Claude Delahaye World-Renowned Absinthe Expert and HistorianThe Absinthe Museum in Auvers-sur-Oise, France shows social and cultural life of the impressionist era with artefacts, posters and paintings - with a bar to sample absintheMarie-Claude Delahaye and George RowleyFounders of Absinthe RenaissanceMarie-Claude Delahaye and George RowleyBrought absinthe back from the dead and returned commercial distilling to France with La FeeMay 2000Each distillation of La Fee Parisienne Absinthe Superieure is personally quality taste tested by Delahaye and RowleyDistilled Rhone-AlpesBottled Paris region"We have worked together for over 20 years to bring you real French absinthe - so you can taste the past and enjoy loads of delicious drinks"

Difford's GuideFor Discerning DrinkersFor More Amazing Absinthe Drinks Go to: diffordguide.com/lafeeAbsinthe DrinkersHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Immortalised through his art and films like Moulin RougeVincent van Gogh - One of the world's most revered artists, is believed to have enjoyed a fair share of absinthe in his dayEdouard Manet - Revered french painter created his first major work, called "The absinthe drinker'Paul Verlaine - Eminent french poet and a notorious fan of absintheOscar Wilde - Famed author and playwright of such works as 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. Drank absinthe at Cafe Royal, LondonErnest Hemingway - Nobel prize winner author of 'A Farewell to Arms' and famous absinthe fanHistory of AbsintheEarly years 1800sAbsinthe was born in Couvet, Switzerland at the end of the 18th century as a digestive centered around the medicinal plant wormwood - artemisia absinthium, the herb absinthe takes its name.The spirit is traditionally naturally green, coloured by maceration of plants.Production quickly moved to Pontarlier in France where wormwood grew in abundance. Absinthe distilling then spreads throughout France.Mid 19th CenturyFrench government issue absinthe to soldiers in North Africa, to ward off disease. Returning troops contributed to making the drink popular in the cafes.Old Absinthe House, New Orleans. Here in 1874 Cayetano Ferrer created the Absinthe FrappeAbsinthe becomes widely exported around the world. New York, New Orleans and as far as China, enjoyed by millions in the heyday of the Belle Époque 1871 to 1914.Many believe absinthe to be the ultimate cocktail enhancement...Death of AbsintheSwiss absinthe ban 7th October 1910"Messieurs... c'est l'heure!" "Gentlemen... it is time!"Swiss absinthe historically was mainly a local spirit and the ban was enforced following a referendum.Best known as 'bootleg' white absinthe - to try and hide it after the ban.The more popular French green absinthe survived being banned for another 5 years.USA 1912USA ban on absinthe predated prohibition by 8 years. The ban was based on thujone. 12th July 1912.Reasons for the bans:- Temperance movement- French wine producers- Outbreak of WW1- Some poor quality products all helped the demise of absintheItaly was one of the last countries to ban absinthe following a referendum in 1930s. Absinthe was consigned to history until our intervention!France 1914/1915French absinthe ban "suppression de l'absinthe' 16th March 1915France follows the Swiss and USA bans at the outbreak of WW1.Poster depicts absinthe as an alluring woman at the stake, looking across to Switzerland to her sister already residing in the heavens!Real absinthe dies, to be returned 85 years later by La Fee, May 2000.Absinthe ResurrectionA band of four started absinthe renaissance- George Rowley- John Moore- Tom Hodgkinson- Gavin Pretor-Pinney April 1998 Rowley applied EU directive for spirits crafting the legal status absinthe uses to this day.Purchasing rare elements (inc. thujone) from USA, which he gifted to PragueUniversity, they carried out 1st commercial tests for him since 1915 ban, proving absinthe with thujone, was within EU limits to imbibe, enabling absinthe return at The Groucho Club, Soho, London, November 1998.Real absinthe returned to France by La Fee May 2000Rowley soon after starts work with Marie-Claude Delahaye, absinthe museum owner and world renowned absinthe expert and historian.Purchasing rare elements (inc. thujone) from USA, which he gifted to PragueThey succeed in returning traditional commercial absinthe to France. By establishing the French ban only prevented domestic sales so launched La Fee brand (the fairy) - based on an original 19th century recipe for export only, ban lifted May 2011 La Fee available across France.

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