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Are you a bar/hotel/restaraunt venue looking for quality information and recommendations on absinthe and absinthe culture?

The Libertines behind Absinthe.com.au are now available for confidential and reliable absinthe consultancy, advice and private/corporate absinthe tasting events. We at Absinthe.com.au pride ourselves on providing Australia and New Zealand with only the best and most truthful reviews and information of the global absinthe scene, and as such form a valuable and unique source of advice for the bar, hotel or nightclub proprietor. We also provide up-to-date information on the legality of absinthe in Australia and the various, and oft-times confusing legislation surrounding our poison of choice. Currently, Absinthe.com.au advises several key Australian venues on their absinthe stock and successful marketing of absinthe culture, and are in high demand for absinthe tastings, lectures and other events.

If you are looking for the true, inimitable absinthe experience, we can take you there. Contact us at NewLibertines [Email address: NewLibertines #AT# absinthe.com.au - replace #AT# with @ ] and join the la Révolution Verte …

 
 Absinthe.com.au is the brainchild of two Australian absintheurs, Jonathan Carfax (based in Adelaide) & Robert Maxwell (based in Sydney).
Deeply involved in the earliest phases of the absinthe revival in Australia, both have played significant roles in the battle to dispel ongoing myths and promoting a new, emergent absinthe culture in the 21st century.

Robert, a decade-long absintheur and self-confessed Libertine, has been a freelance journalist, history writer and style columnist across a variety of media, and is currently completing qualifications in historical archaeology and heritage management. His passion for absinthe is associated with his love of 19th century subaltern and illicit material culture, and is a passionate collector and commentator of absinthe and opium antiques and ephemera. He is currently working on a research project mapping the presence of absinthe in colonial and post-colonial Australia, and looks toward fostering an exciting, emergent community of absintheurs and their ilk, and an appreciation for absinthe culture in the 21st century.

Jonathan is a qualified medical herbalist and regulatory affairs professional with over a decade of experience in both government and industry in the legal controls of chemicals, food, herbal medicines and pharmaceuticals in various international markets. He was instrumental in 2001-2002 in successfully lobbying the Australian and New Zealand food standards authorities with toxicological safety submissions to prevent a proposed prohibition of Wormwood species from food, thereby ensuring ongoing legal access to absinthe in Australia.

Both are dedicated to providing an uniquely Australian perspective on absinthe, and set out to provide their fellow absintheurs with the most up-to-date and reliable information on absinthe varieties and tasting notes, as well as providing a home for Australian Libertines and lovers of bohemian culture, decadence and art, both historic and contemporary.

This is the mission of Absinthe.com.au.