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 ...
The Absinthe Forger by Evan Rail includes two parallel narratives—an investigation into the mentality and doings of an accused forger, and an exploration into the layered, multifaceted world of the ...
Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...