Absinthe made in California with the help of flavored vodka
A small spirits maker in California can afford to produce its high quality, small output absinthe because of the sales of its flavored vodka. For more, see here.Posted by David Fahey on January 26, 2010 at 06:08 PM in Absinthe, United States, Vodka | Permalink
The Absinthe Drinkers (Movie)
Due for release next year, "The Absinthe Drinkers" is a "story of a woman artist’s struggle to succeed in the male-dominated art world of 19th century Paris and Florence." Here's the link to the movie's website. A more detailed but unauthorized plot description is here .
Posted by Dave Trippel on September 21, 2009 at 10:29 PM in Absinthe, Film | Permalink
Tea advertising (article)
Randy Altman, "The Role of Advertising in the Tea Trade," Tea & Coffee Trade Journal 176/4: 93-
Posted by David Fahey on May 26, 2009 at 01:46 PM in Absinthe | Permalink
British chocolate industry
Posted by David Fahey on March 27, 2009 at 08:38 PM in Absinthe | Permalink
Prohibition and vagrancy in early 20th-cent. Finland (article)
Essi Tiittanen, "Drinking, immorality, and minor offenses: vagrant life in Oulu during prohibition," Faravid 31 (2007): 93-110. In Finnish.
Posted by David Fahey on November 19, 2008 at 03:29 PM in Absinthe | Permalink
Absinthe (article)
Kima Cargill, "Distilling the Scientific Truth about Absinthe," Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 11/1 (March 2008): 87-99.
Posted by David Fahey on July 27, 2008 at 12:39 PM in Absinthe | Permalink
English whiskies to challenge Scotland's and Ireland's
For the first time in a century England is producing its own malt whiskey. The distillery is located at the edge of the Norfolk Fens. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on March 10, 2008 at 07:10 PM in Absinthe, Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Whiskey | Permalink
Jared Gurfein and the battle to sell absinthe in the USA
The Washington Post tells the story how entrepreneur Jared Gurfein waged a legal battle to sell absinthe in the USA. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on December 10, 2007 at 08:06 PM in Absinthe, United States | Permalink
Revival of absinthe
Absinthe is staging a revival, including drink made in the United States. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on December 4, 2007 at 09:08 PM in Absinthe | Permalink
Absinthe and bohemian modernism
Edward Rothstein offers an illustrated essay, "Absinthe Returns in a Glass Half Full of Mystique and Misery," New York Times, 12 November 2007. Absinthe is now legal again in the USA and Western Europe. For more, see here. Rothstein suggests for further reading:
Jad Adams, Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle
Barnaby Conrad III, Absinthe: History in a Bottle
Phil Baker, Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History
and two websites, feeverte.net and oxygenee.com
Posted by David Fahey on November 12, 2007 at 01:46 PM in Absinthe | Permalink