World’s 50 Best Restaurants adds first ‘Slow Food Restaurant of the Year’ award

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, now in their tenth year, is organised and compiled by Restaurant magazine. The Awards has added a new category that will recognize the most outstanding sustainable restaurant. Highland Park single malt whisky, and Slow Food UK, introduced this innovative new award, the Slow Food Restaurant of the Year Award, … Read more

Speaking about luxury with Patrick Roger – Chocolate Artist

Exacting, Passionate, hard Purist and rebel, appointed best craft-man of France in 2000, Patrick Roger didn’t put the genuineness and the subtlety of his chocolates after profitability and fame. Patrick Roger places great importance on the world, flavours, cuisine and gastronomic heritage, and makes no compromise with the source of the ingredients used in his … Read more

Largest collection of old liquors in the world went up for sale

Dutchman to sell rare 250-year-old liquor collection 5,000 rare bottles of cognac, whisky, armagnac and other liquors, some dating back to the French Revolution, are to be sold for a total estimated price of six million euros. Dutch collector Van der Bunt, 63, inherited part of the collection from his father and grandfather and stored … Read more

Glenmorangie named best UK Spirits Producer at the International Wine & Spirit Competition

Glenmorangie distillery was the toast of the prestigious International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) after picking up the best UK Spirits Producer 2012 award, fighting off stiff competition from vodka, gin, rum and other whisky producers. Glenmorangie has won a remarkable total of 18 ‘Gold Best in Class’ medals over the past five years at … Read more

Most awarded rum brand is celebrating 150 years of bringing people together

Bacardi’s 150th Anniversary celebrated with Ron Bacardi de Maestros de Ron Vintage MMXII Bacardi rum – Ron Bacardi de Maestros de Ron, Vintage, MMXII (2012) Since its creation, BACARDI rum has been enjoyed in more than 365 billion cocktails. That means every second of every day more than 200 BACARDI cocktails are being served and … Read more