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.

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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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

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 freshly cooked pancakes.

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.

Especially popular was La Fée’s Blanche Refresher (see cocktails for recipe).

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.

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/

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.

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.