Category: SHELTER
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Google Street View videographers to take wine drinkers into Bordeaux chateaux
Any wine connoisseur with an internet connection would be able to visit virtually the Bordeaux chateaux. Google’s team of videographers will unveil Bordeaux chateaux secretes and the families behind every estate. Using backpack-mounted cameras videographers are currently capturing behind-the-scenes footage of nine chateaux: Chateau de Malle, Chateau de Pressac, Chateau Lafon-Rochet, Chateau de la Brede,…
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Moncler Lunettes or the world through the lenses of Pharrell
On September 26, during the opening of the new Moncler flagship store in Paris, the Italian-owned luxury company Moncler will greet its fans wiht a new line of sunglasses created in partnership with rapper Pharrell Williams, also known simply as Pharrell (an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer). Skiing during the winter and sailing…
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Thailand to scrap import duties on luxury goods
To help the country compete with Hong Kong and Singapore, Thailand’s government announced intention to scrap import duties on luxury products, visitors from China being key target of the new measure. The duty on some luxury goods will be cut to zero from 30 percent by the end of the year, Permanent Secretary for Finance…
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Farm-to-table restaurant named best restaurant in UK
“The Good Food Guide 2014: The UK’s Top 10 Restaurants announced. Seasonal, fresh and organic ingredients brought Chef Simon Rogan’s farm-to-table restaurant L’Enclume (located in Cartmel, Cumbria, England) the title of the best restaurant in UK, a recognition of the editors of “The Good Food Guide,” the UK’s best selling restaurant guide since 1951.…
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Duval-Leroy & Baccarat for holidays
The work on luxurious gift set for the holidays is in full swing. Luxury crystal and champagne are excellent friends, as Duval-Leroy champagne house unveiled a new exclusive Baccarat crystal carafe. The luxury gift box presents the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Sommeliers champagne, an exclusive Duval-Leroy champagne, alongside a high-end Baccarat decanter. In the red and…
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Peruvian gastronomy meets haute cuisine – Lima restaurant named best in Latin America
Chef Gaston Acurio’s Lima restaurant Astrid y Gaston was crowned the best in Latin America at the inaugural edition of the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, a spin-off of Restaurant magazine’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. Gastón Acurio has been Peru’s best known celebrity chef for more than a decade, with a fine-dining…