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Auction house Christie’s is launching its first online-only premier internet-exclusive wine auction. Wine aficionados will find everything from ‘82 Lafite and Latour at the high-end to hard-to-source California cult wines from Harlan Estate and Screaming Eagle. Dubbed “Signature Cellars“, the online-only auction is expected to attract bids as high as $35,000 for vintage fine wines. … Read more
Floating Spanish restaurant in Singapore to open under former El Bulli chef Singapore’s Marina Bay will open this month a glass-encased dome restaurant floating atop the waters, a creation of chef Alain Devahive Tolosa, one of the El Bulli’s former chefs. After years of working under Ferran Adrià and taking avant-garde, molecular gastronomy to … Read more
Rhône Valley Wine Region Celebrates Double-Digit U.S. Growth The Rhône Valley wine region, France’s second largest organic A.O.C. vineyard, celebrated record levels of growth in the U.S. during 2011, achieving increases of 17 percent in volume and 27 percent in value. The region also saw global growth in value for Rhône Valley wines increase by … Read more
Moet & Chandon Presents 1st of Three-City Private Supper Club-Style Dinner Party With Celebration for Nas’ Life is Good Album Debut Moet & Chandon x Mosley Tribes Present: The Rose Lounge Moet & Chandon champagne (founde 1743) launched its 2012 Moet Rose Lounge Series. The celebrity-hosted, supper club-style tour started in New York … Read more
Diageo Reserve Announces WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year 2012 Following a week of mixology trends unveiled, red carpet events and a showcase of the industry’s brightest stars, Tim Philips, Hemisphere, Australia was crowned DIAGEO RESERVE WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year 2012, rising above 50 other finalists to win the most prestigious accolade … Read more
Californian wine boycottin the centre of world foie gras production Wine merchants in Gers in southern France, the centre of world foie gras production, reacted to the ban of foie gras in California by a similar way. French merchants boycott Californian wine, as local winemakers are doing their bit to show solidarity to the region’s … Read more