Pontarlier

France

The history of the Guy Distillery, a famous French maison for the production of aniseed and absinthe liqueur in Pontarlier, is deeply linked to the geography of this village in the Franche Comtè region and to the family saga begun by Armand Guy in 1890. Technically trained at the Maitre Distillateur Vichet, Armand founded his distillery in the years in which the village of Pontarlier alone housed 23 distilleries, with 3,000 of the total 10,000 inhabitants hired in production.