Michel Roux Arkansas Traveler and Bordeaux Wine So

Updated September 24, 2026

A pair of framed certificates presented to Michel Roux. Includes an Arkansas Traveler commission appointing Roux as an Ambassador of Good Will, signed by Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, dated February 20, 1992. Also includes a decorative French wine certificate from Le Grand Conseil de l’Academie du Vin de Bordeaux naming Michel Roux “Compagnon de Bordeaux,” dated April 6, 1971.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Together: 23 1/4" x 19 1/4" x 1 1/2". Weight: 8.0 lbs.<br> <br> 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.

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