by Jane Rowley | Sep 12, 2017 | News
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...
by mark | Sep 14, 2012 | News
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)...
by mark | Sep 7, 2012 | News
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...
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...
by mark | Dec 16, 2011 | News
“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...
