-
Adding Sparkle to Conference & Incentive Travel Magazine
Delegates pop their corks at CIT Forum’s champagne discovery session hosted by Champagne Jayne Organised by Conference and Incentive Travel, the UK’s leading title for the meetings and events industry, the annual CIT Corporate Forum on January 23rd & 24th 2014 brought together the Top 100 UK suppliers and buyers in the global MICE industry for a series of best practice workshops, intimate industry networking sessions and lavish entertainment. Adding extra sparkle to this annual event, hosted over 2 days at privately owned Luxury Country Hotel and Spa Chewton Glen, 80 VIP guests were treated to a pre gala dinner champagne discovery masterclass by award-winning broadcaster Jayne Powell (better known…
-
Sydney Springtime Celebrations Uncorked with Taste Champagne!
Taste Champagne September 1st not only marks the official start of Spring in the Southern hemisphere, but also Australia’s inaugural invitation to “Taste Champagne”, an exciting new annual champagne roadshow featuring latest release tastings from 52 champagne houses, growers and co-operatives. Hosted in Sydney and Melbourne by multi-award winning wine writer Tyson Stelzer, author of The Champagne Guide, this industry first event showcases the exceptional diversity of Champagne by presenting well-known global prestige brands such as Dom Perignon and Krug alongside accessibly priced family owned grower champagne gems such as Pierre Gimonnet and Laherte Freres. Morning and afternoon sessions are dedicated to media and trade visitors, but evening sessions in…
-
Champagne Day Out at Taste London 10th Anniversary
Famous for constantly whinging about the weather, but also for never letting a few million rain drops or the rare intoxicating heatwave get in the way of having a good time, Londoners religiously congregate every June in Regents Park to sample a taste of the best of British restaurants and providores at annual pop up festival Taste of London. When you combine the perfect spectacle of a cooking theatre which literally oozes international A’list celebrity culinary talent, with a smorgasbord of diverse food and wine stalls to explore and experience and then pepper this with food and wine educational tastings as the piece de resistance, its no wonder Taste of…
-
Champagne’s Dark Revelation #DP2004 London Launch w/ Richard Geoffroy
Chef De Caves Richard Geoffroy reveals Champagne Dom Perignon 2004 in London Affectionately nicknamed ‘the monk’ by industry peers Richard Geoffroy (Chef de Caves at Champagne Dom Perignon for more than two decades) is certainly following in his famous namesake’s footsteps. Although the first prestige cuvee champagne was originally conceived by Louis Roederer for the Tzar of Russia, Moet & Chandon was in fact the first champagne house to successfully commercialise this most rare expression of champagne and its legendary prestige cuvee Dom Perignon has been associated with the pinnacle of champagne since 1936. Celebrity associations with the likes of James Bond and Karl Lagerfeld and sky-rocketing consumer demand aside,…
-
#Britefest Celebrates UK’s Best Events at Shoreditch Pop Up
Champagne and Sushi at London’s #Britefest On Tuesday 2 July more than 150 event organisers gathered at Eventbrite’s annual Festival Pop Up at the Hoxton Basement in Shoreditch to enjoy a taste of the UK’s best food and drink events. What better way for online ticketing platform Eventbrite to celebrate ticketing more than 85,000 UK events last year than by hosting their very own Pop Up Festival featuring a champagne tasting bar, sushi-making class, beer tasting, cheese tasting and sweet treats alongside a string quartet, photo booth, street painter and even an events surgery hosted by the Eventbrite UK team and company founders Kevin and Julia Hartz (who incidentally flew…
-
Mastering The Art of Champagne & Cooking with Krug
Question: What do you get when you combine Gaggenau kitchen appliances, Michelin trained chefs, Scandinavian design and lashings of the champagne God gives his angels when they’ve been really good? Answer: An unmissable invitation to cook, dine and discover the many pleasures of matching food with Krug champagnes in the luxurious surrounds of a purpose built private cooking studio next door to Fleet St, London. #KrugKitchen recently invited a group of 10 lifestyle journalists to cook their own dinner under the expert guidance of professional chefs in a specially designed kitchen at Aveqia London, whilst enjoying matching individual dishes with different vintages of Champagne Krug – it literally was heaven…
-
Mother’s Day Master Class at Brasserie Ananas
Mothers Day Meet The Dames of Champagne Discover the inspiring stories of the women behind the bubbles at this special Mothers Day “Meet The Dames of Champagne” champagne and canapé class hosted by 2012 Champagne Educator of the Year and real-life Champagne Dame Jayne Powell (aka Champagne Jayne) at Brasserie Ananas in The Rocks, Sydney. Only $75 a ticket for 4 champagnes matched to 4 delicious canapés: Mothers Day 2013 Champagne & Canape Menu at Bar Ananas Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial Brandade of Cod Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Lobster & Foie Gras Sandwich with Lobster Veloute Bollinger Special Cuvee Salted Caramel Éclair Laurent Perrier Rose Fraisier Strawberry Sponge Check…
-
From Escargots – Eclairs at Brasserie Ananas, Sydney
Bienvenue a Brasserie Ananas! First discovered in the Indies in 1493 by Columbus (who presented it to the Spanish Royal Court back in Europe) the rare and exotic pineapple fruit soon became associated with the return of ships from extended voyages. How fitting that this traditional symbol of warm welcome and caribbean style hospitality has now found its spiritual home on Sydney harbour within the historical Rocks precinct . Launched in September 2012, Brasserie Ananas (part of the Urban Purveyor Group which also includes Sake, The Cut and the eponymous Bavarian Bier Cafe outlets) is a glamorous gilt edged but laid back 1930s Parisian style brasserie with lots to offer…
-
The Madame’s Tea with Champagne Veuve Clicquot
From the outside you might construe this is just a Woolahara pub with a misspelt French name, but as soon as you cross the threshold of One Moncur the fabulous line up of champagne labels winking at you from behind the huge illuminated marble top mirrored bar makes it immediately obvious you’re not in Kansas anymore Toto – this is a Centennial park-side slice of champagne heaven (and yes they do cater for take-away picnics too). With 30 different champagnes on offer by the bottle (of which half dozen by the glass from grower to grande maison – $18 – $25) Sydney’s answer to New York’s Flute champagne speakeasy is certainly a…
-
Brisbane’s Royal High Tea w/ Champagne Moet & Chandon
“I am very glad to be back here in Queensland for my 16th visit to Australia,” said the Queen when she visited Brisbane and enjoyed High Tea and an overnight stay at 5 star riverside hotel The Stamford Plaza, which had been given this honour after being flooded and closed for months following the catastrophic 2011 Queensland floods. Celebrities from Muhammed Ali, Bono, Cher and Madonna through to Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga have also slept in the Sir Stamford Suite on the 32nd floor of this grand hotel. Queen Elizabeth’s Stamford High Tea Menu Served in the hotel lobby and accompanied by elegant strings music every Wednesday – Saturday…
with Champagne Jayne
