La Fée X•S Suisse takes third consecutive Golden Spoon at the 2009 Absinthiades

La Fée X•S Suisse became a triple Golden Spoon winner at the 2009 Absinthiades. The Absinthiades is one of the most famous and highly regarded organisations in the absinthe world, and has this October awarded it's highest honour - the Golden Spoon, for the third consecutive year to La Fée Absinthe X.S Suisse in the Blanche category. Such is our dominance of this event we are now banned from entering La Fée X.S Suisse for 2010.

La Fée X•S Suisse is one half of our Ultra Premium range - it is a wine based ‘Amer’ distilled in the birthplace of absinthe: Couvet, Val-de-Travers, Switzerland. Our extra supérieure Swiss absinthe is a clear ‘La Bleue’ style; it has a refined texture with delicate anise and herb flavours that linger elegantly on the palate.

The gold award will be presented in the Town Hall of Pontarlier, in the French Alps on the 20th November 2009. Local dignitaries include Patrick Genre, the Mayor of Pontarlier, who together with distillers and absintheurs will gather to celebrate this important re-emerging drinks category.

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Absinthiades Ceremony

Monday, 17 November 2008

High-up on the French side of the Alps on the evening 14th November 2008, in the historic absinthe town of Pontarlier, the award ceremony for Absinthiades 2008 took place.

Set in the town hall, local dignitaries including Patrick Genre, the Mayor of Pontarlier, distillers and absinthe fans gathered to pay their respects to this important drinks category.

George Rowley (owner La Fée and absinthe pioneer) gratefully received Gold and Silver for La Fée X•S Suisse and La Fée X•S Française for the second year running since entering this prestigious event, having again scored the highest marks in the competition.

Since George opened up the absinthe category in Europe in 1998, La Fée works with the best people in this industry to ensure quality, authenticity and the highest level for our clients. George presented the Mayor with our other award winning absinthe, La Fée Parisienne (distilled by a Paris based distiller in association with the French Absinthe Museum and Marie-Claude Delahaye).

La Fee is now bringing this expertise to America supplying the bar trade and off-licences, currently in California (and Colorado) through Southern Wine & Spirits and State of New York though Genesis, MHW Ltd.

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