From roughly 1860 to 1890, French wine drinkers were under assault. A blight called phylloxera had nearly decimated the country’s vineyards and the nation’s wine industry. What wine remained in shops ...

Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...

On a slightly chill afternoon in 1867, Mlle. Ellen Andree and M. Marcelin Besboutin sit on the terrace of the Cafe de Nouvelle-Athenes in the Place Pigalle. Mademoiselle, pale, petite, with pearl ...

Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a psychoactive drug and the alcoholic drink of choice among some of the greatest ...

Absinthe is a drink that takes its time. It's nearly impossible to knock one back. There's the delivery: A sugar cube is placed on a delicately serrated spoon suspended over a cocktail glass. Absinthe ...

It’s National Absinthe Day guys. You could head over to The Brooklynite and have a “death in the afternoon” with absinthe and champagne or you could celebrate absinthe in pop culture with your ...

The absinthe glasses were made in 1914, about 12 years after Picasso made his first-ever sculpture. To construct the glasses, Picasso modeled two glasses out of wax, turned one upside down, and ...

This week, we’re bringing you a three-part blog series on absinthe, which will cover how to make distilled absinthe, how to make absinthe from kits, and where to buy the best absinthe. Since the 18th ...

Last week, we posted a blog series on absinthe that included pointers on how to distill absinthe and how to make absinthe from kits. Some readers expressed kit absinthe is not “real” absinthe, with ...

Whiskey gets all the fun: the Jon Hamms and Christina Hendricks-es of the world showboat it, bands like Bon Iver and Chromeo shill for it. Any drink by comparison will look a bit lacking in pop ...