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Champagne
TOP CHAMPAGNES IN BUSINESS AND FIRST CLASS – announced last month at The Business Traveller Cellars in the Sky Awards
The Business Traveller Cellars in the Sky Awards have been running since 1985, with a record number of 36 airlines taking part this year. Blind tastings took place over two days on November 4 and 5 at the Grosvenor House, London, with five judges independently scoring. The judges included: • Charles Metcalfe, TV wine presenter
GLOBAL – Champagne sales rise in 2010
Global Champagne sales rebounded in 2010, but demand failed to surpass the levels of 2008, according to trade body Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne (CIVC). Champagne sales rose by 9% in volume to 319.5m bottles, the CIVC said today (9 February). The figure confirms a rebound in demand for the category, following a sharp
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Moet Chandon Rosé Champagne
Moet & Chandon has just launched a fun interactive “bubblegum pink bottle” Rosé with a gold sharpie, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Indulge in this graffiti project before you pop the cork with that special someone!
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Royal Wedding – Prince William Champagne (with insider’s tasting notes)
Independent drinks manufacturer and distributor, Halewood International, has just launched Prince William Champagne to celebrate Prince William’s upcoming wedding to Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011. They will be releasing a limited edition commemorative label, using the exclusive rights it has to the ‘Prince William’ and ‘Royal Wedding’ trademarks. Insider’s tasting notes: “The Champagne is
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CHAMPAGNE AND CIGAR PAIRING – Celebrate!
Leaving aside, for the moment, the indisputable fact that tobacco isn’t as popular as it used to be for reasons we need not repeat here. The 21ST Century is hardly devoid of connoisseurs eager to set aflame a finely wound Cuban cigar when the right occasion arises. And what better occasion could there be but
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~ Champagne Outing In Style ~ With Five Sommeliers and One Apprentissage Sommelier
As a practising (and practical) Sommelier, it has long been a rule of mine to confine my examination of fine wines to dry land only, citing the importance of dexterity and balance; in other words avoiding, for instance, tasting delicate, delicious Champagnes on a 38-foot sailboat stationed several hundred metres off the coast of Lake
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Air France “l’Espace Affaires” – Crossing the Ocean in Style
I am beginning my ten-day journey to Paris, the Champagne Region of France and Belgium. I am flying “l’Espace Affaires”/Business Class from Toronto to Paris, and looking forward to the “Business Class” travel experience with Air France. Settling into a large comfortable seat with a welcoming glass of Champagne, a copy of the Air France
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Bouillon Chartier – ZAGAT Paris Restaurant Review … MY STEAK FRITES!
I didn’t waste any time, I just landed in Paris – I dropped off my luggage and headed to the 9th arrondissement to have lunch with Ryan Ebner, a BNP Paribas Analyst. He’s an expat Canadian living and working in France and thoroughly enjoying it. Ryan and I both picked Bouillon Chartier to meet for
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Moët & Chandon Champagne Debuts Gold Award Season Bottle
Moët & Chandon has launched exclusive champagne of both the 2011 Golden Globes® (January 16) and Academy Awards® (February 27), with the debut of Moët & Chandon Impérial bottle to celebrate Moët’s 20th anniversary with the Globes. Champagne and cinema has become a loved tradition in Hollywood. During the 2010 Golden Globes®, over 1,000 Moët
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