Category: Cigars & Spirits
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Mandarin Oriental x Cathay Pacific pop-up First Class menus
Celebrity chefs from Mandarin Oriental restaurants will help create Cathay Pacific’s new in-flight menus over the coming 12 months. The new menus will be served throughout 2015 on a monthly basis. Each menu will incorporate seasonal produce, prepared and cooked in both contemporary and traditional ways – from the wizardry of molecular gastronomy to the…
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Top whiskies: The best Canadian whisky of the year
Described as “a Canadian whisky connoisseur’s dream come true,” Collingwood 21 Year Old Rye is the Canadian Whisky of the Year, a title awarded at the fifth annual Canadian Whisky Awards. The Canadian Whisky Awards recognize the very best Canadian whiskies and encourage distillers to maintain the highest standards for making whisky. Only fifty barrels…
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The world’s first no-compressor wine cabinet: Haier’s new silent and motionless wine fridge
A perfect no-vibration no-noise storage environment for red wine. You certainly know that red wine is very picky about its storage environment; subtle vibrations or temperature changes can affect the taste. The world’s top-level red wine aficionados said most wine cabinets vibrate excessively when operating, compromising the quality of the red wine stored within. Red…
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25 of the best clubs in Europe – chosen by the experts
From Tiga to Trojan Sound System, Hot Since 82 to Kate Simko, we asked top DJs, label managers and promoters to tell us about their favourite places to party in mainland Europe – because if anyone knows about clubbing it’s this lot
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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
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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?