Picture-perfect: Côte d’Azur – straight out of a magical storybook

The enticing South of France has it all. Anything is tolerated as long as you have the money to pay for it or you’re a VIP. Welcome to the epicurean Côte d’Azur – one of the most exclusive stretches of coastline in the world. Just pack your swimsuits – and your status items, of course. … Read more

Saks Fifth Avenue x L’Avenue Paris

Historical high-end department store Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the world’s pre-eminent specialty retailers, is undergoing a three-year renovation that will enhance and expand the environments and services in its flagship New York store. The renovation will begin in late 2015 and is anticipated to be complete by mid-2018. The renovation includes a project featuring … Read more

The Bentley Linley Hamper by Mulliner. A champagne reception. Anywhere.

Bentley Mulliner Picnic Hamper takes exquisite luxury to places it has never been seen before.

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As you explore new and unexpected places in the new Bentayga, so will you explore new and unexpected realms of luxury, says Bentley. Take, for example, The Mulliner Tourbillon clock by Breitling matched to the interior of “The world’s most luxurious SUV.

Another high-end addition to Bentayga is the Linley Hamper by Mulliner furnished with the finest examples of luxury crockery, cutlery, and glassware. The picnic hamper, designed in collaboration with British designer Linley, has been created to take the luxury picnic to places it has never been seen before. Secured into the car by using a custom-engineered tray docking mechanism, all three compartments of the hamper can be pulled forward to the edge of the tailgate, for effortless access and removal from the luxury vehicle. The hamper can be utilised with or without Bentayga’s Event Seat option.

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“Whether on snow-capped mountains, in a city-centre park or at the polo, Bentayga and Mulliner’s hamper means that wherever you go, you take the extraordinary Bentley lifestyle with you. The Linley Hamper by Mulliner embraces the essence of Bentley’s luxury credentials – exquisite craftsmanship with incredible attention to detail,” stated Bentley.

One of the compartments is equipped with the finest crockery and cutlery. Plates, cups and saucers are sourced from the Sublime Collection of Havilland, the renowned French porcelain maker. Four sets of award-winning Alta Robbe and Berking silver cutlery are joined by a Somerset Laguiole cheese knife from Linley. The chrome-finished Bentley Flying B bottle stopper completes the set.

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Four Bentley crystal champagne flutes, designed by David Redman of London, stand alongside two bottles of champagne, both chilled to 8°C. The third hamper compartment, with space to stow additional items, contains a Mulliner cashmere picnic rug.

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Eckart Witzigmann Award 2015: the most influential players and trendsetters in the world of high gastronomy

The International Eckart Witzigmann Award is one of the most prestigious honours recognising outstanding achievements in the art of cooking and fine dining. Austrian-born “Chef of the century” Eckart Witzigmann has awarded the ECKART for unique culinary achievements and special commitment under the broad spectrum of lifestyle since 2004. This year’s honours will go to … Read more

The Eternal Reserve – the whisky that will, quite literally, live forever

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Royal Salute, considered to be the ultimate luxury Scotch whisky, unveiled an innovative blending technique creating a whisky that will, quite literally, live forever, says Pernod-Ricard’s luxury house. The Royal Salute Vault in Strathisla Distillery wants to create a smooth and voluptuous whisky with the unique Circular Blending process where the original blend will be used in every subsequent batch for decades to come. The luxury distillery selected its most precious whiskies with an exceptionally long finish. They are then blended together and married in 88 casks to form the inaugural batch.

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Each time a new batch is released, half of the blend is re-casked, so that – even in two hundred years – you could still find a little of the precious liquid born in 2015. Thus, the original blend is forever preserved by this perpetual recirculation.

“A dedication to the art of true craftsmanship from every dimension,” Royal Salute The Eternal Reserve (priced $180 per 70cl) features a new porcelain flagon design.

“ Time is at the heart of Royal Salute – our youngest blend is 21 years old but we were born alongside a thoroughly modern monarch so we constantly blend tradition with the contemporary. The Eternal Reserve is inspired by artists, writers, and philosophers – all dedicated to understanding the possibility of continuity in the modern world. This superb whisky is our suggestion that eternity doesn’t mean living forever. It means timelessness – and it belongs to those who live in the present,” explained Vadim Grigorian, Royal Salute Global Brand Director.

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Two Japanese restaurants – the big winners in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2016

There are 15 new One Stars and 2 new Two Stars in this year’s Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2016. The new Two Stars are both Japanese restaurants: Araki and Umu. “It is a great compliment to London that when Sushi Master Mitsuhiro Araki closed his Three Star counter restaurant in Tokyo it was … Read more