Just a note to WS members....Years ago Betina brought Absinthe to preferred enthusiasts in the USA and continues to have opportunities.She is a wonderful person and has helped me on numerous occasions to obtain various types of Absinthe .Deliveries are flawless, she is costly but there are no customs situations.Her web site ...
http://www.allthingsabsinthe.com
She will asssist WS members that she is comfortable with thru Email correspondence and provide Minis which are great at these times for Absinthe friends that need a nudge and she has regular sizes
of premium Absinthes even hard to get Swiss La Blues from the farmers themselves. I feel from my many experiences with Her that she easily will attain the WS vendor list soon. She is costly, but there are no customs difficulties as she is domestically located. She regularly leaves the country to assilimate absinthe antiques and other items and will return Mon the 21 of NOV. A partial exerpt from her below..
I will be away November 9-21, so please email
> me and order soon if you
> desire shipment prior to my departure. Or at
> least if I have your order I
> can then prepare the box, you can send the
> money while I am away, and I can
> ship immediately upon my return from my
> journey.
>
> Please permit me to introduce myself as the
> only reliable and highly
> recommended source for exquisite and original
> Swiss La Bleues and I, as
> well, offer a complete line of Spanish and
> French absinthes. I am also the
> only source of French and Swiss absinthes that
> ships from within the USA. I
> was the first enthusiast to formally introduce
> absinthe into America back in
> 1996, nine years ago.
>
> European absinthe distributors may claim no
> difficulty exists for receiving
> foreign shipments, but the possibility of FDA
> or Customs seizure does exist.
> The other distinct probability is glass
> breakage due to improper packing. I
> am the only source that will actually honour my
> guarantee to replace broken,
> seized, or otherwise lost merchandise.
> Typically, European vendors will not
> replace your absinthe shipment if lost or
> seized. A popular Spanish vendor
> claims to replace lost shipments, but pads the
> initial shipping price to
> cover their costs. Likewise, since the
> importation of absinthe into the U.S.
> is technically prohibited, it may be difficult
> to recover charges from a
> credit card company. I am costly, but there are
> no hidden charges and
> everything is guaranteed to arrive intact.
>
> Because of the nature of this endeavor, my
> website does not detail my sales
> of absinthe. You can access my absinthe web
> site of antique and wares at:
> http://www.allthingsabsinthe.com .
>
> I serve those who for personal or professional
> reasons desire to remain
> discrete. I , also, would need to know if you
> are 21, (or 19 if Canadian),
> as I cannot ethically sell liquor to a minor,
> and if you are a law
> enforcement officer, news reporter, or an IRS
> or Customs agent. A response
> to this query is essential in order to purchase
> any absinthe..sorry, just
> precautions. I, myself, am none of the
> professions stated above.
>
> SPANISH ABSINTHES:
>
> Here is a list of the Spanish absinthes I have
> available: (70 cl is about
> 2/3 of a full liter)
> Deva 50 % alcohol 1Liter
> Deva 70%-70 cl.
> Mari Mayans 70% Collectorąs Edition 70 cl
> Chateau St. Ferran 70 cl
> Tunel- 70%-70 cl.
>
> Each of the above is $135 USD per bottle, which
> includes Priority shipping.
> French Emile Pernot, Abisinthe, Serpis, and
> Montańa absinthe minis (airplane
> size bottles with gorgeous tiny authentic
> labels) are available for $10 each
> when purchased with order of ANY standard size
> absinthes, and make for great
> gifts! Each Spanish absinthe ("absenta" in
> Spanish) is the real thing and
> each is sent in the original, sealed and
> commercially labeled bottle.
>
> VINTAGE SPANISH ABSINTHES:
>
> I have obtained from Spain, some FULL LITERS
> OF Vintage Pernod Fils de
> Taragonna.
> A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CORKED, SEALED FULL
> LITER Pernod Fils de Taragonna
> IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LABELS are now
> available, SO PLEASE EMAIL FOR
> PICTURES, DETAILS, AND PRICE.
> Pernod Fils Tarragona was made in Spain WHEN
> PERNOD MOVED THE FRENCH
> DISTILLERY TO TARAGONNA, SPAIN following the
> absinthe ban in France in 1915.
> PERNOD FILS OF TARAGONNA, we believe, was the
> identical recipe as the French
> Pernod until the early 1960's and is very
> similar in taste, color, and
> impact to vintage French Pernod Fils absinthe.
> This is only the second cache
> I have found in 8 years and I only have a few
> bottles left.
>
> For a very limited time, I, also, have OAbsenta
> Escatą Spanish vintage
> Absinthe available. This absinthe. in a corked
> and sealed bottle with
> vintage label, was probably made between
> 1930-50. The samples are sold in
> individual shots, which are $45 for each shot.
> Shots will only be sold to a
> customer if a regular size bottle of any
> absinthe is purchased, as well.
>
> The Absenta Escat, like the Pernod Tarragona is
> a gorgeous, dark amber color
> like most vintage Absinthes (due to the
> chlorophyll green color disappearing
> over the decades) and has a complex, yet smooth
> flavour and a potent impact,
> quite similar to the original vintage pre-ban
> French Pernod. Pernod de
> Taragonna and Absenta Escat, as well as other
> vintage Spanish absinthes,
> were produced with the same turn of the century
> recipes for decades as SPAIN
> NEVER BANNED ABSINTHE!
>
> AUSTRIAN ABSINTHE:
>
> Mata Hari 60 %-50 cl.
>
> $140 USD
>
> FRENCH ABSINTHES:
>
> Here is a list of the French absinthes I have
> available:
>
> Blanche de Fougerolles 74% alcohol- 70 cl
> François Guy 45% alcohol 1 Liter
> Emile Pernot 45% - 70 cl
> Un Emile Blanche 68% - 70 cl
> Oxygenee 55% 70 cl
> Pernod 68% - 70 cl
> Abisinthe 72% - 70 cl
> Abisinthe Amer 72% -70 cl
> Muse Verte 68% - 70 cl
> Montmartre 65%- 50 cl
>
> I no longer carry La Fee : too many chemical
> additives and artificial
> colorants.
>
> Note - The French liqueur "Absenté" found on
> the shelves of U.S. Liquor
> stores is not made with the herb A. absinthium
> and is therefore not real
> absinthe. The word "absente" means "absence" in
> French, which is a fitting
> description for this clever marketing
> strategy/farce (which I classify as
> outright consumer deception).
>
> Each of the above French Absinthes is $150 USD
> per bottle, which includes
> Priority shipping. Again, Emile Pernot, Serpis,
> Montańa or Abisinthe
> absinthe minis are available for $10 each when
> purchased with any order of
> standard size absinthes, and make for great
> gifts! Each French absinthe is
> the real thing and each is sent in the
> original, sealed and commercially
> labeled bottle.
>
> Worthy of note is that modern absinthes which
> consist of 45-50% alcohol are
> not watered down versions of the 65-70%
> versions. The 45-50% versions appear
> to contain the same herbal content as the
> stronger versions, just
> less alcohol.
