Champagne is outperforming gold and the S&P 500. Here’s what to buyKeep in mind that a decade ago the world’s finest bubbly accounted for a mere 2% of secondary market trades on Liv-Ex. That share climbed t...
30 Mar, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Asset bubbles? Champagne outfizzes Big Tech and Bitcoin in 2021Data from LiveTrade, which runs the "Bordeaux Index" of drinks, showed champagne accounted for 15 of the 20 top price rises on the platform...
25 Dec, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
Say goodbye to 2020 in style: Visit these 5 places with spectacular sunset viewsCome with sufficient time - and stretch pants to enjoy food at these sunset points.
17 Dec, 2020, 08.30 AM IST
2020 wine round-up: From Bordeaux to California Reds, some of the best spirits we tasted this yearA great wine experience often goes beyond what’s in the glass.
15 Dec, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Not caviar or smoked salmon but humble radish is what gives champagne its fizz and finesseChampagne sales collapsed by as much as 80 percent during the lockdown.
13 Jul, 2020, 06.29 PM IST
Make way for women sommeliersIn this enlightened era, only 32 of the world's 229 master sommeliers-that's just under 14 per cent - are women. Canada has two.
06 Jul, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Indulgence & expensive impulse of these three young gunsFor these bosses, their passions are worth all the money in the world.
09 May, 2015, 04.19 PM IST
Birthday gift for wife! The Rs 55,000 cupcakeIf you also love your wife (or husband) some Rs 55,000-worth of chocolate and vanilla, Le Dolci will make the cupcake via special order.
21 Aug, 2014, 03.39 PM IST
- Sotheby's london sale of finest & rarest wines to start on 18 June
The sale opens with a 'who's who' of collectable Bordeaux and Burgundy from the 1990s and 2000s, including Latour and Mouton Rothschild 199...
07 Jun, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
No premium charge for flying luxurious A380: Singapore AirlinesThe airline won’t charge any premium at least on the economy and business class. Passengers will also get an upgraded menu on board the big...
22 May, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Treasure trove of legendary wines to fetch £ 370,000 at Sotheby’s London sale of Finest & Rarest WinesThe auction opens with a 32-lot treasure trove of legendary wines spanning seven decades, estimated to bring in excess of £370,000.
12 Mar, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
Sotheby's London to auction Finest & Rarest Wines on February 26Sotheby's London sale of Finest & Rarest Wines on Wednesday 26 February 2014 will comprise A Remarkable Single Owner Collection.
13 Feb, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
- Know your booze!
Experts say eating food before drinking retains alcohol in the system where it is absorbed slowly into the blood stream. This gives the liv...
13 Nov, 2009, 12.21 AM IST
- Irresistible: Tasting creations of Michelin-starred chefs
Tasting the creations of Michelin-starred chefs was pure pleasure.
30 Jul, 2009, 08.51 AM IST
- A paper tiger in specialty woods
When Fedrigoni Group chairman Alessandro Fedrigoni talks about the many types of special paper that his company produces, he dispels many n...
11 Apr, 2009, 01.36 AM IST
- Pop the cork: It's party time for champagne makers
Looming shortage of French wine, spurred by limits on grape production and rising demand in the US, Japan, and the UK, is likely to buoy sh...
01 Jan, 2008, 10.54 PM IST
- US wine auctions fetch record $208 mn
Sales for the year at seven major auction houses totalled $208 mn, almost double the $106 mn of 2005.
14 Dec, 2007, 01.52 AM IST