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Google Street View videographers to take wine drinkers into Bordeaux chateaux

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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, … Read more

Farm-to-table restaurant named best restaurant in UK

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“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. … Read more

Duval-Leroy & Baccarat for holidays

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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 … Read more

Peruvian gastronomy meets haute cuisine – Lima restaurant named best in Latin America

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  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 … Read more

Nobu United culinary celebration

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Celebrity chef and restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa and 28 of his executive and sushi chefs will gather at Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace Restaurant and Lounge on Wednesday, Oct. 9 for Nobu United – A Culinary Celebration. Nobuyuki Matsuhisa – known to the world simply as “Nobu” – is the acclaimed and highly influential chef proprietor of … Read more

Diner en Blanc in Vancouver

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A sea of 2500 excited dinners. Throughout history, the colour white has evoked thoughts of elegance, secrecy, silence, purity, and simple beauty. On Thursday night, a wave of 2500 diners, dressed in head-to-toe white, gathered at the park beside Science World for Vancouver’s version of Diner en Blanc. Guests arrived by foot, SkyTrain, event bus, … Read more