Archive for the ‘Food & Drink’ Category

La Maison Ruinart, the oldest established champagne house in the world, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its 1959 Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs in 2009 and decided to honor the occasion by commissioning a work of champagne-related art from Dutch artist Maarten Baas. The Melting Collection Ice Bucket is what resulted, a beautiful shining silver [...]

It’s that time of the year boys and girls! Neiman-Marcus has unveiled the 2009 Christmas Book.  Oh happy days and damn any recession because we have visions of cupcake-shaped electric cars for the kiddos, the world’s fastest electric motorcycle, and dinner with some of today’s bestselling authors.  These are just a few of the fantasy [...]

The Macallan 57 Lalique, “The Finest Cut“, is an extremely rare single malt scotch that is housed within an exquisite limited edition decanter. Containing the rare 57 year old single malt whiskey from the famous Speyside Distillery (founded in 1824), the decanter is available by special order only beginning in October. Macallan’s has made recent [...]

TWG Tea Company is based in  Singapore and recently opened their ION Orchard Tea Shop where you can sample up to 400 teams from amongst their more than 800 teas.   (Rest assured they offer accessories and petit fors as well to the discerning palate). The pinnacle of the tea collection is undoubtedly the Yellow Gold [...]

Macallan has just launched a limited edition Lalique 57-year-old whiskey that we are salivating to try. The limited edition whiskey is the third in a series of special editions and consists of two different casks, one being American Oak sherry while the other is Spanish Oak sherry.  Cost is a mere $15,000 for this amazing tasting [...]

Is it possible for Ol’ Blue Eyes to hock wine? Time will tell as  The Sinatra Family Estates has announced its first wine offering, Come Fly With Me, a limited-production 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The winery partnered with the Frank Sinatra Estate and his three children (Tina, Nancy and Frank Jr.) to produce the [...]

Forgive me dear readers for prefacing this posting with a bit of commentary:  As a Texas girl, I am all too familiar with the insnane notion of “slamming” tequila.  Regardless of the brand, some poor souls feel the only way to ingest tequila is by throwing their head back and downing a “shot” in one [...]

The founder of the Esmeralda Distillery, Bryan Davis, has already launched a highly acclaimed obsello absinthe and now he is looking towards further liquid horizons with gin. Titled with the mystiqal name of Port of Barcelona, the spirit offers a spirited change from the traditional Beefeater or Bombay Sapphire brands found in every bar with [...]

What is it about the smell of new, rich leather that makes you just want to inhale deeply?  Whatever it is, the wonderful people at Absolut are issuing a special edition to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock. This special bottle of vodka will first go on sale at Selfridge’s in London next month and [...]

Whomever the previous owners are of Preakness Stakes winning filly Rachel Alexandra have to be kicking themselves! They sold the horse to Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke who own Kendall- Jackson winery a mere few days before the big race.  So what do winery owners do to celebrate?  Issue a commemorative blend of course honoring [...]


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