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For three days in October the world’s largest luxury group let strangers into its workshops. Here is what changed, who got in, and why it matters. Every so often luxury does something delightfully counterintuitive: it gives away what it normally guards. From October 16 to 18, LVMH, the group behind Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moët & … Read more
Seven invitations to moments money usually can’t schedule, and one very happy list of houses to be part of them. Every autumn, one date in the luxury calendar feels like opening a storybook. This year it is especially bright: Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-born luxury retailer, now part of Exemplar Luxury Group alongside Saks Fifth Avenue … Read more
The most interesting part of this award isn’t the winner. It’s the question the award is asking. Luxury wine is no longer judged only in the glass. Increasingly it is judged on the lawn, in the restaurant and in the gallery. A new award category shows how far that shift has gone. What Happened The … Read more
In a world that can generate anything in seconds, the rarest luxury is something that cannot be rushed. In our piece on the Rimowa x Faber-Castell case we said luxury loves the analog. Here is the evidence. By “analog” we mean objects that work through hands, materials and mechanisms rather than screens: turntables, pens, film … Read more
A Napa estate, a cognac for Diwali, a lab full of sensors, a smoky “wine” and a butterfly-wing Champagne: five bottles, one message. Read the week’s drinks headlines individually and they look unrelated. Line them up and they say something sharp about what premium drinkers now want: fewer bottles, better stories, smarter quality control and … Read more
Turns out the missing ingredient in your $400 Burgundy wasn’t the bottle. It was the thermostat. Every wine lover has been there: you pull the “good bottle” out for a special dinner, forget it’s been sitting in a warm kitchen for two hours, and serve a red that tastes more like jam than terroir. LACARAF … Read more