by mark | Mar 16, 2015 | News
On 16th March 1915 the Green Fairy was banned in France! “Absinthe Journal – Tokens for sale! 10 centimes go to support poor absinthe manufacturers!” Cartoon by O’Galop, Le Rire Rouge, 1915. Collection Delahaye. Marie-Claude Delahaye of the...
by mark | May 18, 2012 | News
Today is the 1st anniversary of the lifting of the 1915 French Absinthe ban. As one of the oldest absinthe-drinking guinea pigs alive today (having regularly drunk La Fée since returning distilling to France in May 2000) I am happy to report being in better shape than...