From roughly 1860 to 1890, French wine drinkers were under assault. A blight called phylloxera had nearly decimated the country’s vineyards and the nation’s wine industry. What wine remained in shops ...

French distillers are to fight a Swiss bid to monopolise the use of the term "absinthe" for the drink favoured by 19th century romantics and banned in both countries for decades. Marie Benech, head of ...

Rebellious old habits die hard in the northwestern Swiss valley of Val-de-Travers, where the alcoholic drink absinthe, nicknamed the ”green fairy”, is about to become legal again. ”It will no longer ...

(Brussels) - Charles Baudelaire and Ernest Hemingway may well turn in their graves. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Absinthe, the green-tinged alcohol that fuelled ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. French distillers are to fight a Swiss bid to monopolise the use of the term "absinthe" for the drink favoured by 19th century romantics ...