Rare Wines, Vintage Spirits & Absinthe

Rare Books & Manuscripts


A highly specialized group operating in the UK, France and Germany

Welcome to the Incunabula Group

Our Rare Wine, Vintage Spirits & Absinthe operation was established 30 years ago in the 1990's, and is a market leader in its fields. We have unequalled expertise in historic spirits like pre-phylloxera Cognac, pre-Tarragona Chartreuse and pre-ban Absinthe, and in legendary wines like Madeira, Chateau Chalon and Tokaji Essencia.


Our base in south-west France has around 500 square meters of vaulted medieval cellars with a year-round natural temperature of under 15C, perfect for the long term storage of precious bottles like these.


As a long-time co-owner of the Emile Pernot Distillery in Pontarlier, we are involved in the design and distillation of a range of authentic, naturally coloured absinthes, and offer specialized consulting and contract manufacturing services to a number of market leading absinthe marques. We are vineyard owners in the Jura near the historic village of Arlay, and produce Vin Jaune from the Savagnin grape.


Our Rare Books & Manuscripts division was established in 2018, and focuses on collection-building, research, consulting and valuation services. We deal with Western Medieval manuscripts from the 8th to the 16th centuries; manuscripts from the Christian East - especially Georgia, Armenia and Ethiopia; and Hebrew manuscripts from across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. We have significant expertise in South-East Asian manuscripts from India and Indonesia, and in East Asian books and manuscripts from China, Korea and Japan.


We work with private collectors and rare-book libraries across Europe and North America.



Please visit www.finestandrarest.com for our Rare Wine, Vintage Spirits & Absinthe division. 

Please visit www.paleographicum.com for our Rare Books & Manuscripts division..