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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
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Picasso's wacky Glass of Absinthe sculpture donated to public by billionaire.
It looks like Picasso may have had a few glasses of the 'Green Fairy' before he started on this important piece in 1914. It was at the height of Absinthe's popularity in Paris, particularly amongst the artistic community, and just before the spirit was banned in 1915.
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Distilling a new batch of La Fée |
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Monday, 18 March 2013 |
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George Rowley, MD of La Fée, at the distilling of a new batch of La Fée Absinthe Parisienne at the Rhone-Alpes distillery.
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Friday, 15 March 2013 |
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Enjoy St Patrick's Day with La Fée
La Fée Irish Coffee Recipe |
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La Fée at Ossie Clark Re-launch |
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Monday, 11 March 2013 |
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La Fée ran an Absinthe bar at Proud Gallery in Chelsea for the re-launch of "King of the King's Road" designer, Ossie Clark. Clark was a dressmaker extraordinaire in the 1960's making clothes for the likes of Mick Jagger, Twiggy, Marianne Faithfull, The Beatles, The Who amoung countless others. — at Proud Galleries
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 |
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If you want to spice up your pancakes today, try our La Fée Absinthe sugar syrup - really easy to make and delicious!

2 tablespoons
of caster sugar
1 tablespoon of water
Juice of ½ a lemon
1
teaspoon La Fée Absinthe
Method: Add the caster sugar, water and
lemon juice to a pan. Bring to the boil and stir over heat until it reduces to
a syrupy consistency. Add a teaspoon of La Fée Absinthe and stir. Drizzle over
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 |
La Fée at the Café Royal
George Rowley and Mariona Gonzalez
Last Wednesday evening the Café Royal hosted a VIP opening in the fabulous
Pompadour suite, (a gilded room of chandeliers and mirrors linked to a pillared
terrace overlooking Regent Street). A famous haunt of Oscar Wilde and Absinthe,
now being frequented by the likes of Stephen Fry, Alexander Armstrong and
philosopher Alain de Botton. Drinks being served were predominantly classic and
modern La Fée cocktails and Taittinger champagne.

Absinthe Drinker at the Café Royal by Sir William Orpen
Especially popular was
La Fée’s Blanche Refresher (see cocktails for recipe).
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Monday, 11 February 2013 |
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Say it with a well crafted cocktail this Valentine's Day...

Romance is Back
(created by Ash Bovey)
30ml NV Absinthe Verte
(or 30ml La Fée Blanche/XS
Suisse or 20ml Parisienne/XS Francaise)
20ml Chambord
25ml Apple
Juice
20ml fresh Lime Juice
15ml Simple Syrup
2 dashes Fee Brothers
Peach Bitters
Shake with ice as hard as you can then fine strain into a
chilled Martini glass. Garnish with two blackberries on a cocktail stick.
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La Fée wins two Absinthe Masters |
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Monday, 11 February 2013 |
La Fée wins Two Absinthe Masters
La Fée was awarded two Absinthe Masters
at The Spirits Business Absinthe Masters 2013. This is great recognition for
our recently launched La Fée Absinthe Blanche, alongside our super premium La
Fée Absinthe Suisse which also
won.

http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2013/01/the-absinthe-masters-2013-result/
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Dick Bradsell : Industry Legend |
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Friday, 08 February 2013 |
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Dick Bradsell was awarded Industry Legend of the Year by Imbibe magazine this week. Dick
has a long history with La Fée having given MD George Rowley a personal tutorial
in tasting spirits back in 1998. Dick was also our bartender when we launched
Absinthe at the Groucho Club in Soho 14 years ago. George bumped into him last
night at dinner in his bar El Camion where he has been making some great
cocktails with La Fée Blanche and Parisienne.
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Café Royal Hotel - New Absinthe Cocktails |
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Friday, 21 December 2012 |
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Last Monday, The Café Royal re-opened it's doors for the first time in four years.
With La Fée Absinthe fountains stood atop the Art Deco bar we enjoyed the perfectly balanced La Fée cocktails made by the talented Gabor Papotti. The refurbishment has been carried out to the high standards of architect Sir David Chipperfield, whose three year project has brought the hotel into the 21st Century, while retaining it's original charm and splendour.

The Café was frequented by writers and
artists such as Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. The conversations at the Café would have been profound: Arthur Conan
Doyle, H G Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Rudyard Kipling, W B Yeats,
Walter Sickert and James McNeill Whistler were all patrons.
After
substantial rebuilding in the 1920s, the Café’s appeal widened as did
its clientele. In the 1930s and 40s, Augustus John, D H Lawrence,
Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, Noël Coward, Jacob Epstein and Graham
Greene would be seen dining there.
Royalty also took to the
place, and the Prince of Wales, later to abdicate as Edward VIII in
order to marry Mrs Simpson, and The Duke of York, later to become George
VI, often took lunch at the Café, as latterly did Diana, Princess of
Wales.
The
magnetic appeal of the Café continued to the later stages of the 20th
century. Through the now venerable doors came stars such as
Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Muhammed Ali – all the movers of new Sixties avant
garde.
Here is Simon Difford's review in this week's CLASS online magazine.
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