Category: Cigars & Spirits
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Piet Hein Eek for Ruinart – Blanc de Blanc imperfect ecological boxes
The champagne boxes are the playground of many designers. Closely involved with Contemporary Art, Ruinart, the oldest established Champagne house, gave carte blanche to Dutch artist Piet Hein Eek to reinvent the box for its Blanc de Blancs champagne, Ruinart’s golden nectar. Inspired by Ruinart’s history, Piet Hein Eek created individual wooden cases for each…
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Sensory experiences at the world premiere of the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Ten Star Restaurant. The S-Class gourmet creations of the top chefs. The new S-Class, Mercedes-Benz new luxury saloon, flew from its birthplace in Stuttgart for its world premiere at Airbus in Finkenwerder. At the delivery centre for the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, Mercedes- Benz unveiled its new luxury saloon in front of around…
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild opens a museum for its collection of wine labels
Picasso, Chagall, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Lucien Freud, Anish Kapoor, Chinese calligrapher Gu Gan, and Prince Charles, all have in common the design of a Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine label. As compensation, the greatest artists and personalities around the world were paid with ten cases of precious Mouton Rothschild…
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Carlos Santana’s sparkling wine – a rosé that will rock your palate
Carlos Santana’s second sparkling wine. Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana and Mumm Napa, one of California’s top sparkling wine houses, released their 2nd collaboration – Mumm Napa Supernatural Rose tete de cuvee or top bottling. The sparkling wine comes from the 2006 vintage and is 100% Napa Valley grapes, with a 50%/50% blend of Pinot Noir…
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Drinking one to three glasses of champagne a week may counteract the memory loss
Scientists from the University of Reading revealed that drinking champagne could improve memory loss associated with ageing, and could help delay the onset of degenerative brain disorders, such as dementia. Scientists have shown that the phenolic compounds found in champagne can improve spatial memory, which is responsible for recording information about one’s environment, and storing…
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Best wines of the year: France, Spain & Portugal triumphant at the world ‘tasting championship’
French wines triumphed at 2013 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, the international wine contest held this year in Slovakia, the 1st Central European country to host one of the world’s top five wine competitions. The competition has revealed critical insight into the latest trends within the world of wine, providing a snapshot of the global industry that…