MOUTIER, Switzerland -- Absinthe, the drink banned almost a century ago as "madness in a bottle," is making a comeback. The Swiss, who first distilled absinthe, legalized it last month, hoping to ...

When you think of absinthe, thoughts of the green fairy, hallucinations and late 19th century artists like Hemmingway, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh are probably top of mind. But, with the rise of ...

Absinthe a favorite spirit of European artists in the early 20th century is about to make a comeback with help from a local PR agency. Walton Isaacson in Beverly Hills has teamed up with an importer ...

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A legal ruling in Switzerland against Absinthe producers in the country has been welcomed by the owner of the French La Fée Absinthe brand.

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) has ruled that the terms ‘absinthe’, ‘fée verte’ (green fairy) and ‘la bleue’ are generic terms, and cannot be used only by Switzerland-based producers of ...

Ask Matthieu Frécon what’s so great about absinthe and he’ll tell you: it gets you “good drunk”. And he should know — he’s been making the spirit for over 25 years. Originally from France, Matthieu is ...

FOR SOME, ABSINTHE represents a decadent literary quaff. The mythical, emerald-hued spirit distilled from herbs such as wormwood was the favorite (and, reportedly, hallucinogenic) sip of Vincent van ...