Plus, brilliant bottles to buy according to world cocktail experts Some readers might recoil in horror at a dose of absinthe in their drink, but a rising fascination with herbal spirits has seen ...

Few drinks have a reputation like absinthe. Banned in some countries for almost a century, the drink was supposedly a source of madness and crime, even blamed for artist Vincent van Gogh chopping ...

Absinthe isn't your average spirit. The high-proof alcohol carries with it a pretty big and dark reputation. The drink is often associated with the Belle Epoque period in Paris, during which ...