La Fée Absinthe at France Quintessence 2017

La Fée Absinthe at France Quintessence 2017

Running for its 3rd consecutive year, France Quintessence is a salon for French spirits, offering tastings of 300 spirits from 115 exhibiting brands. Marie-Claude Delayhaye of the Musée de l’Absinthe in Auvers-sur-Oise was invited by Philippe Jugé, organiser of France...
Update on Absinthe’s legal dispute

Update on Absinthe’s legal dispute

At last weekend’s Whisky Live Paris, with my wife Jane and Marie-Claude Delahaye, I met many people as we tasted and chatted in St Germain, Paris.  I also met with Myriam Decoeur-Michel, the new Directeur Général of the  Fédération Française des Spiritueux (FFS)...
La Fée in her home City of Paris

La Fée in her home City of Paris

This weekend my wife Jane and I will be heading to Paris for Whisky Live 2012, located between Notre Dame and the Pantheon at the Maison de la Mutualité. This year’s event is themed on cocktails from the Roaring Twenties.  La Fée will be found at stand number...
Farewell to George Whitman

Farewell to George Whitman

“Be not inhospitable to strangers – Lest they be angels in disguise”       George Whitman, 12.12.1913 – 14.12.2011 The death of the owner of the Shakespeare & Co bookstore in Paris, has brought back memories of my time in...

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