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Royal Wedding interview on Love Sport Radio
Barking Mad: ITV’s Lorraine marries Prince Hairy & Meghan Barkles (dogs) on daytime TV Whilst literally every man and his dog has been wildly speculating about each fine detail of the 2018 wedding event of the year; from an estimated 16,000 glasses of champagne to the GBP50,000 fresh flowers, lemon and elderflower wedding cake – what we do know for sure is that in 2011 about 27 million Brits and 23 million Americans watched the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and that Metropolitan Police Security alone for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding cost British taxpayers GBP 6.35m. (source The Daily Telegraph) What will sparkle in those…
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Top 5 Champagnes For Romance
Secret Agent of Seduction Somehow seduction and champagne have always been inexorably linked. Perhaps its down to eighteenth century royal courtesan Madame de Pompadour (favourite mistress to Louis XV). She was the first beauty to spruik champagne at royal court, famously proclaiming “Champagne is the only wine that leaves a woman beautiful after drinking it”. Her favourite brand Moet is still the number one selling champagne around the world today, but interestingly the current face of the brand is tennis legend Roger Federer. Or maybe its thanks to twentieth century classic cultural icon James Bond, still just as popular with global movie audiences today as he was back in the 1960s.…
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Champagne Shopping Christmas Guide 2013
Did you know we buy more than 10 million bottles of champagne at Christmas? Whilst the majority of champagne purchased at Christmas is for seasonal gifting – hence all the sparkly packaging with value adds like flutes, ice buckets, sabres and even a sound horn (to listen to Krug bubbles) which appear winking at you in specialist retailers from October onwards, thanks to intense competition at the consumer end of the market, the lead up to Christmas is also a great time of year for champagne lovers to stock up on both bargain everyday champagne rations and attractively priced vintage champagne for special occasions… There is literally a champagne for…
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UK Bank Holiday Champagne Tips
Champagne Summer – TOP 3 UNDER 40 (From Cheap to Chic) August Bank Holiday Weekend may officially mark the ‘end of summer’ here in the UK, but let’s not whinge just yet because Blighty has won big on international sport and enjoyed more sunny days in 2013 than anyone can remember. I’ve also been lucky enough to taste my way around Champagne from rare prestige cuvees like vintage Krug (heaven in a glass at 175) all the way to Aldi’s award winning house champagne called Veuve Monsigny (an altogether light refreshing uncomplicated go to drop that’s the perfect party tipple or cocktail base at only 12.95). What’s more practically every week since…
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Champagnes Fit For A Royal Baby Prince of Cambridge
On Monday 22nd July 2013 at London Paddington’s St Marys hospital private Lindo Wing, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a healthy baby boy who will one day become the 43rd monarch since William The Conqueror. Following on from the 2011 Royal Wedding, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2013 Coronation Festival, the birth of the third in line to the throne has given Brits even more reason to pop champagne corks – but if you shop around you don’t need a prince’s ransom to celebrate in style… CJ’s Guide to 5 Great Value Royal Baby Celebration Champagnes under GBP80: Veuve Monsigny Awarded…
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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,…
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Champagne & Strawberries – Game, Set & Match at Wimbledon
2013 is not only the 126th anniversary of Wimbledon but the fifth year in a row that British number 1 and World no 2 Andy Murray has reached the semi-finals of the most coveted tennis championship in the world. 2013 is also the 25th anniversary of official Champagne supplier Lanson’s partnership with the tournament which began the year Virginia Wade won the women’s title. Due to perennial poor weather, Wimbledon watchers favourite sport has often been propping up the 9 bars and various corporate marquees of the All England Club. In fact more than 25,000 bottles of champagne and 28,000 kilos of strawberries are consumed during an average Wimbledon fortnight. Of…
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Champagne & Art: Hosono wins inaugural Perrier Jouet Arts Salon Prize
Ceramicist Hitomi Hisono, inaugural #PJArtsSalon prize winner, launches her first solo exhibition at The Chambers Club, St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London Arts Salons originated in Paris in 1735, when France’s Louis XV commissioned the first champagne paintings “The Oyster Lunch” by Jean-Francois de Troy and “The Ham Lunch” by Nicolas Lancret to console himself after the death of his favourite mistress Madame de Pompadour. Whether depicted in scenes of lively court festivities, or luxurious still life, champagne has naturally inspired painters, eager to express the tastes of their patrons ever since. The life and times of the world’s most famous wine has been a frequent and popular motif in art,…
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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…
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Cannes, Champagne & The Great Gatsby
“A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” – Champagne & the Roaring Twenties Widely regarded as one of the greatest American novels which has captivated readers ever since it was first published in 1925, Fitzgerald’s torrid tale of tragic love set in the Roaring Twenties; a period of excessive, wealth, glitz and glamour from bootlegging to ballroom dancing, cleverly anticipated the Wall St Crash of 1929. The Great Gatsby is the fascinating story of a slickly confident millionaire who hosts lavish champagne fuelled parties every Saturday night at his opulent Long Island mansion, but as we soon discover, allied war hero Jay Gatsby is not exactly what he seems. All we know for certain…
with Champagne Jayne
