Luxury Restaurants, Wine and Spirits News and Reviews.
The Dillon Family announced the acquisition of Chateau L’Arrosée by its neighbour, Chateau Quintus. The 2013 crop and vintage will be overseen by the Domaine Clarence Dillon and Chateau Quintus team. Chateau Quintus now comprises 28 hectares of vines. The larger entity will benefit from the knowledge already acquired at Chateau Quintus and be subject … Read more
Edible science and high art – The making of elBulli shared in Ferran Adria’s cookbook opus. The final and most creative chapter for the El Bulli restaurant. Every recipe from the last seven years of elBulli (Catalonia, Spain), the world’s most creative restaurant, is shared by Spanish culinary celebrity Ferran Adria in a seven-volume opus … Read more
U.S. wine consumption continues to shine led by sweet wines, un-oaked chards and red blends. U.S. wine industry grew 1.9% last year to reach 318.0 million 9-liter cases, according to The Beverage Information Group‘s recently released 2013 Wine Handbook. As the economy continued to stabilize in 2012, wine consumption increased for the 19th straight year. … Read more
Hospitality & restaurants are a natural label extension for fashion houses. As Milan celebrates the start of the biannual fashion week, Dean and Dan Caten, the Canadian twins behind Dsquared2, announced the opening of their first restaurant. Ceresio 7 Restaurant will open with a glamorous cocktail party after Wednesday’s Dsquared2 runway show. “Milan is dull, … Read more
Two of the world’s foremost design pioneers – Sir Jonathan Ive KBE and Marc Newson CBE – have collaborated with musician and philanthropist Bono to organize a (RED) Auction to raise money for the Global Fund’s fight to end AIDS. And truly extraordinary is exactly what the (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s, New York on November … Read more
Decanter World Wine Awards 2013. 10th annual Decanter World Wine Awards in London brought a great victory for Australia’s wine producers. Aussie winemakers claimed a host of coveted international trophies at the DWWA gala dinner, alongside a strong Southern Hemisphere showing and wins for Canada, Croatia and Hungary. Australia’s haul of six international trophies eclipsed … Read more