NADIA SANTINI WINS THE VEUVE CLICQUOT WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF AWARD AT THE WORLD’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS AWARDS
Nadia Santini, matriarch and head chef at Dal Pescatore in Mantova, Italy, has been named the 2013 Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef, part of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Marrying into a restaurant family, Nadia had never cooked professionally prior to walking into Dal Pescatore’s kitchen … Read more
The 2012 World’s 50 Best Restaurants revealed next week at the awards’ 10 year anniversary
London’s Guildhall will play host to the glitterati of the gastronomic world on Monday 30 April at the 2012 World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. The industry is holding its breath to see whether René Redzepi and his team from Noma in Denmark can make it 3 years in a row at … Read more
Elena Arzak – Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef of 2012
Elena Arzak, Joint Head Chef at Arzak in San Sebastian, Spain, has been named the Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef, part of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Elena is the fourth generation of the Arzak family to head up the restaurantsince it opened in 1897. In … Read more
200-year-old shipwreck Veuve Clicquot sold for ‘record’ price
A bottle of nearly 200-year-old champagne has been sold for 30,000 euros ($43,900; £26,700) at an auction in Finland – in what is believed to be a new world record. The Veuve Clicquot bubbly was bought by an anonymous bidder from Singapore, auctioneers in Mariehamn said. The same buyer paid 24,000 euros for another bottle of champagne, … Read more
200-year-old Veuve-Clicquot Champagne will be auctioned in Finland
Two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a 19th-century Baltic Sea shipwreck will be auctioned in Finland in June.One of the auctioned bottles will be from the house of Veuve-Clicquot and the other from the now extinct house of Juglar, Agence France-Press reported. The bottles are part of a cache found aboard a two-masted schooner that … Read more
Best Champagne for 2011
FINE Champagne Magazine, the only international publication devoted to champagne and a renowned industry authority, announces its list of the “100 Best Champagnes for 2011”. During the year 2010 The magazine’s editorial team assessed over 1000 champagnes that are now available on the markets. After the semifinal, three-day blind-tasting of the top 200 champagnes, the … Read more
Luxury gift ideas for friends and family
Gift ideas come easy when you know someone perfectly well. We have already presented you with various gift options in our Christmas Guide, depending on the tastes in your inner circle. But, if you are looking for some universal options to gift anyone and everyone, then we are here with the casual gift ideas that will … Read more
All around bubbles
With the holidays upon us, festive get-togethers often include celebratory drinking, and what better way to enjoy a party than by popping the cork on a bottle of something sparkling? Ready to glitter your way through the holidays? French champagne house Piper Heidsieck collaborated with the Dutch fashion duo Viktor & Rolf to design … Read more
Which is your favourite Champagne?
There is always some good reason to celebrate. And every celebration is an excellent reason to open a bottle of Champagne. Which one is your favourite? Luxist readers from around the world have nominated their favorite makers of champagne and sparkling wines. Here’s the list of the top five that made the list of the world’s … Read more
Champagne is undergoing redesign
The robust Champagne bottle designed by the Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon in the 17th century to contain the “devil’s wine” has become synonymous with opulence and celebration. However, the bottle, which was created in an attempt to prevent secondary fermentation and “explosions”, is undergoing a redesign in an attempt to cut carbon emissions. Its … Read more
