Luxury Restaurants, Wine and Spirits News and Reviews.
200-year-old champagne salvaged from a Baltic Sea shipwreck is again going under the hammer. Six bottles of Juglar, four bottles of Veuve Clicquot and one bottle of Heidsieck & Co will be auctioned off this week in Finland. A bottle of Veuve Clicquot from the same shipwreck was auctioned in 2011 for a record-setting 30,000 … Read more
‘Modernist Cuisine’ releases home edition “Modernist Cuisine The Art and Science of Cooking” writers are releasing a new version for the home cook, based on stunning cutaways and cross-sections of foods and kitchen equipment and step-by-step photos for most recipes. Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet are coauthors of the encyclopedic six-volume set … Read more
Champagne Laurent-Perrier to Provide Bursary for Edge Hotel School Student Champagne Laurent-Perrier will contribute a cash bursary to help fund an annual educational visit to the champagne region for the Edge Hotel School’s top performing Sommelier, or wine student. The Edge Hotel School, the UK’s first hotel management school based entirely in a fully operational … Read more
Heston Blumenthal’s recipe for Diamond Jubilee dessert The Fat Duck‘s celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal and Royal Chef Mark Flanagan have created a dessert of strawberries, cream and crumble to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The dessert will be served on the 4th June to 10,000 picnickers at Buckingham Palace. “I have designed this indulgent … Read more
World’s most expensive burger goes under the hammer for charity Burger-lovers, big news for you. uSocial.net social media platform celebrates its 4 year anniversary with one-of-a-kind edible luxury treat set to be auctioned off. With a list of ingredients that includes 24-karat gold leaf, it will be the most expensive burger ever made — and … Read more
Once in a lifetime tasting of the legendary Pétrus, spanning 1945-2007 Passionate wine enthusiasts will have an opportunity to experience a truly one-of-a-kind event on June 22nd and 23rd when Société du Vin, the exclusive members-only wine facility located in Bridgehampton, NY, hosts an ultra-exclusive, two-day tasting of the legendary Pétrus in Bridgehampton, NY. The … Read more