News
La Clandestine's distiller gets highest scores at France's 2009 Absinthiades
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 09:42
Autumn has arrived, the first weekend in October has passed, and this
was again the opportunity for many of the who's who of the absinthe
world to gather in Pontarlier, France's historic absinthe capital. 2009
saw the ninth Absinthiades, the annual absinthe festival. And this
culminated in the awards for the best absinthes as judged blind by a
big tasting panel, made of up of three sub-panels (professional, public and VIP), with many of the better
known absinthe distillers and vendors making up the professional jury.
This was the first time that blanches and vertes were judged
separately. This will hopefully show a lead to
other events and maybe even to bars and retailers who could also
consider splitting their lists or sites between these categories.
Notably,
in both categories, the highest scores went to absinthes produced by
Claude-Alain Bugnon's Artemisia Distillerie at Couvet, Switzerland.
Promotional video for Japan
Monday, 17 August 2009 14:00
At the end of July 2009, Claude-Alain Bugnon, distiller of La Clandestine, his wife, Karine, and their son, Maxime, made a promotional tour to Japan. Thirteen events were prepared by David Zoppetti, the agent for Artemisia brands in Japan, including La Clandestine. The tour included Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
One of the main objectives of the tour was to explain to Japanese customers and consumers the origin and production of real absinthe and the best ways to drink it!
A video presentation was made for the tour and you can see a short version of this here:
http://www.laclandestine.com/laclandestine/multimedia.html
Photos of the tour can be seen here:
The Ultimate Bar Book
Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:00
Several months ago the journalist and wine expert André Dominé decided to craft a book entitled "The Ultimate Bar Book". Claude-Alain provided some wonderful pictures for the chapter on absinthe.
The publishers H.F. Ullmann have kindly allowed us to include the absinthe chapter on our site (Note 3.2 MB download).
The Ultimate Bar Book 494-501 Absinthe
For any information on this book, please contact:
Already published in the UK and Australia, and available in the USA from Amazon from November 15, 2008. In the USA, the book will be entitled "The Ultimate Guide to Spirits and Cocktails."http://americanmap.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3792
USA Launch
Tuesday, 03 June 2008 09:21
La Clandestine is coming to the USA! After several months working with our US partners, Viridian, we are delighted to announce our US launch.
Japanese distribution
Tuesday, 03 June 2008 09:21
La Clandestine Absinthe Supérieure is available in JAPAN through COSMOWORLD Inc., our Exclusive Agent in JAPAN. We are therefore handling all our sales to JAPAN through our Exclusive Agent and we do not accept orders to be shipped to JAPAN from this site. For further information regarding the distribution of our products in JAPAN, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .