October 20th, 2009
Interbrand partnered with the Courvoisier team to design their recently launched luxury cognac, L’Essence de Courvoisier.
The nectar is presented in a Baccarat crystal, droplet shaped bottle suspended within a gold frame to accentuate its preciousness and retails at almost $3,000.
The cognac is a blend of eaux de vie from wines made at the beginning of the 20th century as well as from the 21st Century.
October 20th, 2009
Paris’s Michelin-starred restaurant, the Tour d’argent, is to sell 18,000 bottles of wine and spirits in an auction which is expected to raise about a million euros.
The d’Argent restaurant, which dates back to 1582, is cleaning out its 450,000-bottle wine cellar, considered one of the best in the world.
The restaurant is also selling some very old spirits, like three bottles of a Clos du Griffier Cognac from 1788, the year before the French Revolution.
October 12th, 2009
The Campari Calendar 2010 has just been released and Olga Kurylenko is this year’s featured model.
Titled Campari Milano, Kurylenko graces the calendar’s 12 months in ultra glamorous fashion.
She appears in a series of vignettes in different locations around Milan indulging in the classic Italian aperitif.
October 7th, 2009
Dalmore distillery has announced the launch of one of its most prized whiskies - the Sirius – with a price of £10,000 per bottle.
Sirius will only be available to private buyers and through a limited network of World Duty Free (WDF) stores.
The Dalmore’s 1951 Sirius Vintage is a single-cask, single malt whisky, with a cask strength of 45%.
October 6th, 2009
GH Mumm unveiled the GH Mumm F1 box “Limited Edition” last month at the Pavilion Visconti of Milan, in conjunction with the Grand Prix in Monza in 2009.
The packaging is made of exclusive materials such as the carbon interior trim in black velvet and gold plate.
The GH Mumm F1 box “Limited Edition” will be available only in Italy and exclusively on order for €5,000 ($7,300). Bornrich
October 4th, 2009
Champagne makers Piper Heidsieck have worked with master shoe maker Christian Louboutin to create a unique box set: “Le Rituel” Box Set.
The set consists of a bottle of champagne and a glass shoe designed by Christian Louboutin.
The project has been named Le Rituel after a French ritual popular in the 1880’s where one would drink champagne from a woman’s shoe.
