Switzerland's First Female Absinthe Distiller Goes International

Forget the image of a grizzled 80-year-old Swiss farmer so often eluded to as the only 'real' clandestine absinthe distiller, Gaudentia Persoz is young, blond and passionate about absinthe.

(PRWEB) June 15, 2006 -- Liqueurs de France has become distributors of absinthe produced by the first ex-clandestine Swiss 'lady-distiller.' "We were charmed by 'distillatrice' Gaudentia Persoz and her husband Jean-Michel, while under the rustic spell of the famous Swiss fondue chalet Le Soliat," said Liqueurs de France's director Peter Schaf. "She is not your 'garden variety' 80-year-old Swiss farmer, often said to be the only keepers of the ancient absinthe secrets and eluded to as the only 'real' la Bleue absinthe distillers."

In fact Gaudentia is young, blond and passionate about absinthe. She distills with a vintage 1898, 12-plant recipe that was found, along with a small alambic, in a dusty basement corner when she and her husband purchased their house in Couvet, Switzerland. To keep up the ever-growing demand, Gaudentia now uses a 50-liter alambic that was hand-made for her by her husband and the recipe has been updated and modified in la Bleue style to please more modern tastes. It is called 'La Ptite Absinthe du Val-du-Travers' (the 'e' has been left out of the spelling of 'Petite' - it was once one of the 'code-names' that Swiss locals used to be served an illegal absinthe in a bar without attracting un-due attention from the authorities).

We tasted her absinthe with a very discerning crowd of absintheurs from the USA, England, France and Switzerland, and as we watched the positive reactions to its quality and taste, LDF quickly decided to place an order to share this recent discovery with our loyal customers and to support the development of a rising star in the absinthe world. Gaudentia Persoz's 'La Ptite' is a classic, satisfying la Bleue, with fresh aromas of wormwood, anise and mint and draws to mind the heady Swiss mountain atmosphere that we had been enjoying so much near the Creux-du-Van cliffs.

La Ptite will be available directly from Liqueurs de France in 70cl and 20 cl formats. Please visit http://www.absintheonline.com/ for ordering details.

Liqueurs de France Ltd, based in Esher, Surrey is the UK’s leading distributor of premium French and Swiss absinthes.

She certainly had the boys' attention that night at Le Soliat. Gaudentia is a delight, even though she doesn't speak a lick of English. Her absinthe is pretty tasty too.

She makes absinthe?

Yum!

Here she is w/ acouple of her fans.

she doesn't speak, and licks?

and she makes booze?


she will be mine.

i'm her density.

Sounds good. I'd like to sample the unmodernized recipe. One wonders what the difference is.

Fun, fun.

Speaking of which, where the hell are all the pics from that week?

What week?

That week, cheeky bastard.

I think this was glass number 7 for Miss Kitty.

She's adorable even without green lipstick!

You old, bald, boring fucks would nail anything with a slit...














(what's my "point" - don't gots one, CeeGee)

Bald guy through a slit.
Click to view attachment

Jack doesn't require a slit.

Yeah, my standards are much lower...

i don't require one either.

it's funnerer fucking stab wounds anyhow.

Reduce the wormwood, boost the anise and fennel, and you'll be on the right track to transforming a vintage recipe into a modern La Bleue Traditionnelle. I once bought a bottle of La P'tite from this Jean-Mi guy at a crossborder fair. He told me that their product is notably worthy to be called absinthe because of the considerable amount of wormwood used. I remember it as 'yet another La Bleue', though remarkably wormwoody indeed and quite tasty.

Who you kiddin' Cranberry? All you need is a safety pin, Prick!

I'm guessing that reply wasn't for Helfrich.

Yeah, he should have quoted the post not immediately above his...

Um, no.
We all be growed up 'nuf to
figger it out.

Indeed.

Unless Hellbitch is also an Irishman with a real small dick and orange pubes...

that would be sexy.

???

Interests: Hunting, Fishing, Ball sack collecting.

On the chin only.

'same as saying we're all grown up enough to decipher posts with sloppy spelling and grammar. I'm not for it, and making it easy for the reader is just plain courtesy.

Not making the post dependency chain obvious is like shouting loud while you're having a conversation and distracting them in the conversation they might be having.

You need to attend a DoucheFest.

reprimanding a bunch of drunk assholes online for grammar is a bit different than in person, i'd bet.

might be fun to watch.

Does that mean you'll be in Seattle?

why, is sixer gonna be there?

Sometimes my pubes look splendidly orange in the blazing evening sun. Very sexy. A safety pin wouldn't be of much use though.