Harrods unveils jewel-encrusted champagne at £115,000 a pop

The three rare bottles are adorned with a ruby, sapphire or emerald

Perrier-Jouët: 2018 Design Miami/, Hypernature and Lifetime Achievement Award for Hervé Deschamps

Hervé Deschamps, Cellar Master of Maison Perrier-Jouët, received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Champagne and Sparkling Wines World Championships. Hervé Deschamps was awarded the trophy during the Gala Dinner of the CSWWC on October 24th 2018. Hervé Deschamps arrived at Maison Perrier-Jouët in 1983. A decade later, he became the seventh Cellar Master since the … Read more

A perfect tribute: La Grande Dame 2006 Charlotte Olympia Limited Edition

A perfect tribute to La Grande Dame, Madame Clicquot.   High-end champagne producer Veuve Clicquot has teamed with British luxury shoe and accessories brand Charlotte Olympia on an exclusive 2017 gift box focused on Charlotte Olympia’s signature leopard print. The partnership between CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA designer Charlotte Dellal and Veuve Clicquot dates back from 2013. The annual … Read more

Veuve Clicquot celebrated women entrepreneurs at the 2017 Business Woman Awards. The winners

45ème Prix Veuve Clicquot de la Femme d’affaires. Created in 1972 to mark the bicentennial of the luxury champagne Maison, the award recognizes women with exceptional entrepreneurial spirit and pays tribute to Madame Clicquot, founder of the French Champagne house and a trailblazing businesswoman. Veuve Clicquot once again celebrated women entrepreneurs at the 2017 Business … Read more

Petit R – the new and unique immersive experience by Maison Ruinart

The first established House of champagne launches its last innovation.

Ruinart Petit R immersive champagne experience 2017-

Ruinart house, the oldest established Champagne house, exclusively producing champagne since 1729, presents “Petit R”, an immersive luxury champagne experience. Available with dinner reservations.

Maison Ruinart surprised again with its last innovation: “Petit R”. The immersive experience creates a contemporary vision of the Maison and the distinctive French art de vivre. This experience is available with dinner reservations in the reception room at Ruinart’s historic home at 4, rue des Crayères in Reims.

Ruinart, the first champagne house, founded in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, presents its latest innovation, dubbed “Petit R”. After an exclusive premiere at the Atelier LVMH during the 2017 edition of Viva Technology, Petit R now offers visitors a journey to the heart of the Maison’s rich history, using a process called anamorphosis.

To create this immersive experience, an animated film is projected on an equally immersive “screen” – a dinner table, set with plates, glasses and tableware. Petit R stages the rich history and heritage of the embodied by its founder, Nicolas Ruinart. Drawn by Japanese artist Kanako Kuno, the characters and places associated with Ruinart come to life before amazed guests. Ruinart Petit R Ruinart Petit R experience 2017- Ruinart Petit R experience 2017

Photographs credit: ruinart.

 

Wine: is high-end champagne a fizz swizz?

How much is too much to spend on a bottle of champagne?