According to PR Newswire, the French Senate finally voted to lift the ban against absinthe in France. British brand La Fee, in partnership with Marie Claude Delahaye at the Musee De L’Absinthe in France, became the first brand to distill absinthe in France in 2000. This was followed by 85 years without any absinthe production after the ban in 1915, and initially all absinthe produced in France was exported.
George Rowley, managing director of La Fee, said “We are delighted to see France embracing the absinthe category again. We were first to distill in France, exporting initially to the UK, and continue to drive the renaissance of this fine spirit around the world.”
Last year, La Fee, in association with the Musee De L’Absinthe presented a dossier of evidence to present to the French Federation of Spirit Producers to support the case for completely legalizing absinthe once more in France.
“Absinthe has a rich heritage in France that resonates across the globe as sales of quality absinthe continue to grow,” said Marie Claude Delahaye, Director of the Musee De L’Absinthe, France. “Visitors to our museum are fascinated by the history of this product and we applaud the French parliament for this historic decision. La Fee captures the aroma and taste that great writers and artists such as Rimbaud, Toulouse~Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh enjoyed at the end of the 19th century.”
