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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The W South Beach’s Living Room bar has a new bottle on the menu. It’s called fenom, and it’s a modern day absinthe bottled and distilled in France. The traditional form of the liquor is green, ...

Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks. The world did ...