Veuve Clicquot: the effervescent widow who gave us the champagne lifestyle
Married in a cellar and given Dom Pérignon’s book by the priest, Madame Clicquot’s verve made her business a success
Cigars & Spirits
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The truth about alcohol, from gin tears to champagne hangovers
Do different drinks have different effects on your mood, why do funny-coloured drinks make you more drunk and what causes the worse hangovers?
World’s most rare dark chocolate puts special emphasis on terroir
To’ak’s Rain Harvest 2014 edition. This bucket list-worthy experience deserves to be enjoyed in its own room with reverence and ritual. There probably should even be a certain gown worn while mindfully sampling every sensory element—aroma, texture, flavor, and finish. We are speaking about To’ak Chocolate’s 574 bars of what may well be the world’s … Read more
Champagne is all a matter of taste – but the taste doesn’t really matter
Experts are saying that upmarket champagne tastes better out of a normal wine glass than out of a flute – is this the new shape of alpha snobbery?
Perrier-Jouët’s Ephemerā. A delicate game of hide-and-seek
Design Miami/ 2014: mischer’traxler for Perrier-Jouët. In its role as a patron of design art Champagne house Perrier-Jouët stimulates curiosity, exploring the magical dialogue between Mankind and Nature through ‘Ephemerā’ design work revealed at Design Miami/ 2014. Exploring traditional craftsmanship, modern technology, the ephemerality of nature, and the Art Nouveau movement, Austrian designers Katharina Mischer and Thomas … Read more
Hublot Classic Fusion “Forbidden X” with real tobacco leaves in their dial
Hublot Classic Fusion “Forbidden X”, 2nd part of the collaboration with Arturo Fuente Cigar Factory. Swiss watch manufacturer Hublot announced a second watch developed together with one one of the biggest names in the cigar industry. The ForbiddenX cigar is known and prized by connoisseurs from across the globe. At the Chateau de la Fuente manufacture … Read more