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Yann Fillioux coup de coeur: Hennessy Master Blender’s Selection No. 1

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What is a Master Blender’s Selection No. 1? The latest “Master Blender’s Selection N°1” by Hennessy Master Blender Yann Fillioux is a very personal signature that was only ever meant to be produced in a single, limited batch. In French, a project like Master Blender’s Selection N°1 is called a “coup de coeur” — a … Read more

Haute Cuisine at BVLGARI: La Cucina di Luca Fantin

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Assouline’s first ever book on cuisine, BVLGARI: La Cucina di Luca Fantin, is a beautiful volume featuring 32 of Executive Chef’s standout recipes, along with the inspiration behind each dish—with each recipe beautifully rendered in exquisite original photography. La Cucina di Luca Fantin is a sophisticated coffee-table book about the cuisine of the eponymous chef … Read more

Michelin Guide Chicago 2017. 26 top-end restaurants have been awarded Michelin stars

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Chicago has a total of 298 top-end restaurants, including 26 establishments which have been awarded Michelin stars in the new Michelin Guide Chicago 2017. In this new 2017 edition, Grant Achatz’s restaurant Alinea offers diners a totally new dining concept, and has maintained it’s 3 star ranking. Likewise, Curtis Duffy’s Grace continues with 3 Michelin … Read more

These aerators will make you love wine even more

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How to make each glass a peak experience. Allowing wine time to “breathe” is now a thing of the past. There are a lot of reasons to oxygenate wine, and there are ways to do so without the long wait of decanting. Oxygen reacts with various molecules in wine, altering the chemical structure of hydrogen … Read more

The $185,000 decanter for Australia’s most famous wine

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Penfolds Aevum Imperial Service Ritual. This hand-made crystal objet d’art service vessel was designed exclusively for the 2012 Grange Imperial, the new vintage of Penfold’s Grange, Australia’s most famous wine. The 2012 Grange – the 62nd consecutive vintage release of Grange leads a dynasty of wines in The Penfolds Collection 2016. For the “Penfolds Aevum … Read more