Insider asked chefs to share different ways leftover Champagne or sparkling wine can be incorporated into food. They suggested a variety of dishes, including Champagne-roasted chicken and Champagne-based hollandaise sauce for eggs Benedict. The chefs noted that although Champagne or sparkling wine can become flat between three and five days […]
Drinking Champagne on ice has become a summertime staple. The trend started in the South of France and has become popular around the world. Moët & Chandon created the first Champagne crafted to serve with ice. We spoke to four experts to find out the do’s and don’ts of drinking […]
Veuve Clicquot is one of the most popular Champagnes in the world, beloved by celebrities for its tasty bubbly and its lavish events. However, few know the woman behind the company’s rise to prominence: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, the visionary who identified a loophole as a widow in patriarchal Napoleonic France in […]
Actors Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston both shared Instagram photos of themselves lucking out at the 2020 Golden Globes with glasses of champagne from rapper Jay-Z. Making a surprise appearance at the awards show with Beyoncé after skipping the red carpet, it looked like Jay and Bey brought two of […]
Singapore Airlines has been known for decades for offering both Dom Perignon and Krug champagne in its glitzy first class. It recently started offering a third option, which it plans to alternate with the others: Tattinger Comtes de Champagne. We spoke with the top sommelier at the airline, Jeannie Cho […]
Champagne is only true champagne if it’s made in the Champagne region of northern France. All other sparkling wines made outside of this region, even those from neighbouring parts of France, must be labelled differently. Champagne often costs double the price of other sparkling wines, such as prosecco or cava. […]
Monaco, a tiny city-state on the French Riviera, draws celebrities and the ultra-wealthy to annual events like the Monaco Grand Prix the Monaco Yacht Show. The 2019 Monaco Yacht Show kicks off on September 25. Nicholas Frankl, founder and CEO of My Yacht Group, throws superyacht parties and other events […]
Peter Rusinak is a wine specialist at the famed Christie’s Auction House. He says there are three types of wine everyone should have in their wine cellar: Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne. Rusinak says Bordeaux has been making the best wines from Cabernet and Merlot for 300-400 years, and Burgundy is […]
The Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida recently unveiled a champagne vending machine in its hotel lobby. Guests purchase a $US25 gold coin at reception, which is inserted to dispense one of two Moët & Chandon varieties. The historic brand is a part of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. The machines, stocked exclusively […]
British art historian and conservator Pandora Mather-Lees helps billionaire super yacht owners to look after their art collections. Mather-Lees teaches a €295-per-day course ($US337) to help crew members understand the value of the art. In some cases, the art on board is worth more than the yachts. “Now that the […]
Contrary to popular belief, if you’re popping your Champagne bottles, you’re actually doing it wrong. And while flutes may look beautiful, the narrow shape is not the optimal glass shape for the bubbly drink. Instead, control the cork as it comes out and look for glassware that resembles a white […]
People from all over the world are flocking to Singapore for the Singapore Grand Prix motor race on September 16. But attendees come for more than just the race – they come for the wild, over-the-top parties. The all-weekend extravaganza at Amber Lounge is known to be the most extravagant […]
JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin threatens to stop selling European prosecco and champagne in the event of a post-Brexit “trade war.” “In almost all cases there are suitable, and often excellent, alternatives to EU products available elsewhere,” he said in a shareholder update. Martin then compared the EU to a […]
Aspiring billionaire and father of three, Jay Z, had a night on the tiles in Manhattan on Sunday evening that has everyone talking after he left an $11,000 tip in a New York nightclub. Apparently Beyonce’s husband was celebrating the 50th birthday of Juan “OG” Perez, who runs the rapper’s […]
In times past, it was pretty easy for an aspiring suitor to establish their culinary cred: simply take one’s Valentine down the road for the local version of surf ‘n’ turf and order a bottle of Lancers or Blue Nun to wash it down. Job done. How times have changed. […]
The glass you use for wines – including Champagne – influences how it tastes. A glassware expert explained to Business Insider what the ideal Champagne vessel is – and it isn’t the flutes and coupes you usually see. The flute’s shape stops you appreciating the wine’s aromas properly. Old-fashioned coupe […]
Deltic Group, which owns 57 bars and clubs across the UK, had a record New Year’s Eve. Sales of £2.4 million for New Year’s Eve and revenues up 8.2% in the month to December 31. LONDON – Deltic Group, which operates late night bars and clubs across the UK, had […]
