This past weekend, we hosted a visiting group of aspiring bartenders. Beverage Director Dante Saelios brought the group in to learn about the distillation process, production methods, and some of the distinctions between types of spirits and the laws surrounding names and designations of origin. A lively discussion ensued!
Jauwzeleind with her bottles for further research; and Dante on the right.
We enjoyed a visit last weekend from Destany and Diane. Destany was in search of absinthe history and information and she brought home a bottle of Toulouse Red to continue the weekend research project. A careful eye will note a sneak peak at our new Toulouse Red bottle, available now at the distillery. Visit this weekend and conduct your own research. Barrel-Finished Reserve and our other spirits are also available.
Atelier Vie welcomes several new retail accounts in Louisiana. Close to the distillery, you can find an excellent selection at the Whole Foods Market at 300 N. Broad Street. Look for Euphrosine Gin #9, Euphrosine Gin #9 Barrel-Finished Reserve, Toulouse Red, and Toulouse Green. The new spirits section is at the back of the store to the left.
Ask for Euphrosine Gin #9 Barrel-Finished Reserve at Primitivo, 1800 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., and also at Bayou Wine Garden, 315 N. Rendon St.
Look for Euphrosine Gin #9 on the North Shore at Rouses Market #21, 3641 E. Causeway Approach in Mandeville.
Further north, Toulouse Red and Toulouse Green are in stock at absinthe emporium I Heart Absinthe, 14763 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge.
See our full list of locations for Atelier Vie spirits and visit us on the weekends to purchase at the distillery.
Toulouse Red and Toulouse Green at Whole Foods Market, 300 N. Broad St., New Orleans
A true sipping gin, distilled and barrel-aged in New Orleans. Visit this weekend to taste and pick up a bottle or two.
The March 2016 issue of Bon Appétit comes out today; and if you turn to page 87 you’ll find Euphrosine Gin # 9 Barrel-Finished Reserve. Titled “The Culture Issue,” Euphrosine Gin #9 Barrel-Finished Reserve is part of “Big Cities, Small Distilleries,” a roundup of small-batch spirits from across the country. We’re please to be included in this elite selection.
Atelier Vie is featured this week on Louisiana Eats with Poppy Tooker, discussing the distillation process for our “new school American absinthe,” Toulouse Red. The segment is called “Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder.”
From the show description:
“From the height of its popularity in the 19th century to its modern revival, absinthe has a long and storied reputation. On this week’s Louisiana Eats!, we learn all about the formerly illicit elixir, and those whose ongoing fascination with the spirit has helped transform the discourse and regulations here in the United States.
…we visit Atelier Vie, a New Orleans-based distillery that is reviving the absinthe tradition for a new generation of cocktailians. Distiller Jedd Haas puts his modern spin on original absinthe recipes with Toulouse Red, a botanically infused crimson-colored absinthe.”
Listen to the podcast, or catch the broadcast on Wednesday, February 24th, at 11am, on WWNO, 89.9 FM. If you click through to the podcast, the Atelier Vie segment begins at 19:44.
Our new absinthe bottles are sleek, black, and dipped in wax. We’ll be revealing more in the days ahead. But for now, here’s a picture from the first bottling run of Toulouse Red in the new bottle. Visit the distillery this weekend to purchase Toulouse Red in the new bottle!
Good spirits are spreading across Louisiana and Arkansas as we welcome new retail accounts serving and selling our spirits.
Louisiana
El Gato Negro, 81 French Market Place, New Orleans (French Quarter)
El Gato Negro, 800 S. Peters St., New Orleans (Warehouse District)
El Gato Negro, 300 Harrison Ave., New Orleans (Lakeview)
Gullo’s Market, 2091 Stockwell Rd, Bossier City
Magasin Kitchen, 611 O’Keefe St., New Orleans (CBD)
Sylvain, 625 Chartres St., New Orleans (French Quarter)
Sac A Lait, 1051 Annunciation St, New Orleans (Warehouse District)
Bayou Beer Garden, 326 N. Jeff Davis Pkwy., New Orleans (Mid City)
Trader Joe’s #754, 3535 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge
Rouses Market #16, 204 N. Canal Blvd., Thibodaux
Arkansas
Sparky’s Roadhouse Café, 147 E Van Buren, Eureka Springs
Press Room, 100 NW 2nd St #100, Bentonville
See our full list of accounts in Louisiana, Arkansas, and beyond.
There will be no Bottle Sales Hours for the weekend of February 6-7. Happy Mardi Gras!
Gin keeps flowing off the still and bottles are filled. More Euphrosine is coming your way.
