Would Sir and Madam care for red or white with their meal to appeal to their exacting, traditionalist palates? After all, pink is surely plonk — or is it? France’s winemakers are waging a low-level…
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Quality Champagne no riddle for ‘remueurs’: turn bottles by hand
In a humid, dimly lit cellar of French Champagne house Ruinart, Cyril Guisant turns by hand some 60 bottles tilted downward in an A-frame-shaped rack. He is one of the “remueurs”, or riddlers, who with…
#Travel: Five things you need to know about Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival opens this week in the French Riviera resort. Here are five essential — and often surprising — facts about the glitzy Mediterranean town. Bad timing Timing is everything in cinema, they…
#Travel: Artist Eliasson plans gigantic fountain for Versailles
Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, who wowed New Yorkers with his 10-storey urban waterfalls and Londoners with his giant trippy sunset at Tate Modern, said Monday he wanted to “make dreams come true” with his latest…
Top Paris chef takes reins at La Grande Maison
French culinary favourite Pierre Gagnaire is to take over from the world’s most Michelin starred chef Joel Robuchon at the luxury hotel and restaurant La Grande Maison in Bordeaux, wine magnate Bernard Magrez said on…
France loses out to Italy as world’s top wine producer
ln 2015 France lost its status as the world’s top wine producer to Italy, according to the International organisation of Vine and Wine (Organisation Internationale de la vine et du vin), a sign of changing…
Madonna gives impromptu concert, pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks
Singer Madonna made an emotional appeal following attacks in Paris a month ago that killed 130, shouting “We will not bend down to fear!” during a concert in the French capital on Wednesday. “I think…
French chef Vallee crowned the world champion chocolate maker
Frenchman Vincent Vallee was crowned the world champion chocolate maker in Paris on Friday, beating top chocolatiers from around the globe in a three-day final. “It’s the first time a French chef has won the…
#Spa Review: Aromatic Mud treatment in Thalatepee Suite
There is something very alluring about Ocean Beach Resort located in Malindi, Kenya. Perhaps it’s the broad, flat and expansive beach or maybe it’s the constant strong coastal winds that keep the hot summer temperatures…
#Tastemakers Ep. 11: Meet Cyrille Gautier-Auriol, Hennessy’s Ambassadeur de la Maison
Cyrille Gautier-Auriol has traveled the world the last decade to share his knowledge and traditions of the exclusive spirit, Hennessy’s Cognac, to ensure that the heritage of the maison is passed on to the next…