Group of Three Michel Roux Presentation Awards Friends of the Israel
Three wooden presentation plaques awarded to Michel Roux, including National Association of Beverage Retailers Industry Leader of the Year, United States Ski Team Foundation, and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces awards. Dated 1989–1997. Shows age and surface wear. These items are pre-owned, previously stored/displayed, with minor imperfections, age-related wear, dust/debris, and surface markings. Please refer to all photos for full details.
Together: 12" x 9" x 2 1/2" x 14.5". Weight: 5.7 lbs.
From the collection of Michel Roux, the liquor icon. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned in the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
Three wooden presentation plaques awarded to Michel Roux, including National Association of Beverage Retailers Industry Leader of the Year, United States Ski Team Foundation, and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces awards. Dated 1989–1997. Shows age and surface wear. These items are pre-owned, previously stored/displayed, with minor imperfections, age-related wear, dust/debris, and surface markings. Please refer to all photos for full details.
Together: 12" x 9" x 2 1/2" x 14.5". Weight: 5.7 lbs.
From the collection of Michel Roux, the liquor icon. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned in the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
