Don’t miss your last chance to attend Atlanta’s Premier Wine Tasting Festival, the 12th Annual Vineyard Fest at Chateau Elan. More than 100 domestic and international wines will be available for guest tastings with wineries from Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia and New Zealand plus regional wineries from California, New York, Washington, Oregon, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia participating. Sample seven of Chateau Elan’s restaurants and enjoy live music by League of Decency and an acoustic performance by St Barth’s musician Stéphane Cano. Ticket price $75. All-inclusive of wine, food, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations, grape stomping, and live entertainment.
Luxury magazine China Boating held an exclusive dinner in
honor of Manufacture Roger Dubuis at Le Platane in Shanghai’s trendy Xintiandi
district. Geneva-based Roger Dubuis entertained the VIP guests in attendance
with their latest collection of fine luxury mechanical watches from the Salon
International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH).
The standard bearers for the brand
are the new King’s Square models and the Easy Diver collection. The dinner,
created by La Platane owner Chef Justin Quek’s team, was a draw in and of
itself.
Beatles Week at the Hard Days Night Hotel will be launched tomorrow with various events taking place throughout the city of Liverpool. Along with The Cavern Club, the Hard Days Night Hotel will play host to a number of live bands. Please find below the current line up:
Friday 22nd August
8.00pm - Acoustic Beatles
9.00pm - Marcus
10.00pm - Bob Bartey
11.00pm - Jan Britten Owen
Saturday 23rd August
8.00pm - Gavin Pring
9.00pm - Tony Skeggs
10.00pm - Tony Murtagh
11.00pm - Acoustic Beatles
Sunday 24th August
8.00pm - Two of Us
9.00pm - Hal Bruce
10.00pm - Gary Quinn
11.00pm - Alison Crowe
Bugatti's open-top Veyron is expected to be the top drawer
at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance (which kicks off on Sunday), but this Pininfarina-designed
Rolls-Royce Hyperion may just give the Veyron a run for its money.
The bespoke masterpiece takes cues from the RR Phantom
Drophead Coupe, and is also the first new car from the Italian design firm and
coachbuilder following the untimely death of its then-CEO Andrea Pininfarina.
Instead of a four-seater, the Pininfarina Hyperion is a
two-seater, with driving position and windscreen pushed back by 400mm.
Elegant
lines on the sides make for a slimmer sportier look, which is supposed to draw
visual references to speedboats.
An interesting (and perhaps intriguing)
feature is the installation of a gun rack in the front cabin for the owner’s
hunting exploits.
Watch manufacture Girard-Perregaux has also gotten in on the
act, creating a special timepiece based on the Tourbillon Vintage 1945, which
can be detached from its bracelet and clipped on the dashboard.
In case you missed it, take a moment to marvel at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Unfortunately the Olympic committee doesn’t allow footage to be re-produced, but you can enjoy this series of still images put together in a video.
The new James Bond exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum goes beyond the fiction and explores the astonishing truth behind the world’s most famous secret agent. This is the first major exhibition devoted to the life and work of the man who created James Bond. It runs until 1st March 2009.
This year’s Tanglewood Wine & Food Classic takes place next weekend. Festivities include a winemaker reception, a wine auction and dinner, and - of course - a Grand Tasting. Taste premium wines from over 100 wineries including wines from the leading producing regions of the world. Don’t forget also, at the end of the month, there’s the Tanglewood Jazz Festival (29th-31st August 2008).
And the countdown for 2008 Beijing Olympics is all set to commence. But before most of the athletes’ reach Beijing, the possibility is they must have resigned themselves to the possibility of undertaking battery of tests for banned sustances and cough medicines. The games to be held here are anticipated to accelerate improvements in human rights and press freedom. Starting next week i.e. 8/8/08 at 8pm, the event will also mark a challenge for Indian boxers, who have been missing on the fortune of getting first Olympic boxing medal. Considering the countless expectations involved with to be held Beijing Olympic, diamond jewelers from London, De Vere, are in full swing to celebrate by unveiling the 88 diamond-studded Olympic iPhone. If your curiousity is aroused why only 8? Reason is: In China, the double mention of digit ‘8′ is considered as auspicious and is a sign for double wealth. Taking forward the belief and enlightning iPhone fanatics, De Vere has offered 3G Apple iPhone festooned with glitzy 88 diamonds.
Layered surrounding the iPhone’s screen, this Olympic iPhone demands an opoluent sum of £4148 ($8224). This seems to be a neat bargain against the world’s most expensive iPhone. Other two-iPhone models presented by De Vere details: one bejewelled with 28 diamonds costing £1700 ($3376) whilst other coming bathed in a tub of 168 diamonds and valued at £7800 ($15493). Folks, before you apply yopur wits, let me share it with you that the aforementioned price information is only for bejeweling your iPhone minus the cost of handset.
The Sonoma County Vintners and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers will next month debut the Sonoma Wine Country Weekend - a three-day wine, food, and auction extravaganza to be held on Labor Day Weekend (29th-31st August 2008). This event will combine the best of the Sonoma County Showcase of Wine & Food and the Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction to offer the definitive Sonoma Wine Country experience and raise Sonoma County’s national profile as a premier wine and food destination.
The past 15 years of work
Viktor & Rolf is now on display at the Barbican Art Gallery in London as
part of an exhibition showcasing the Dutch fashion designers’ signature pieces
from 1992 to the present day.
This retrospective
exhibition, entitled the House of Viktor & Rolf, will display the outfits
on life-sized porcelain dolls in a specially commissioned theatrical
installation.
Highlights include pieces from the Atomic Bomb, Russian Doll and
Bells collections. Also included in the exhibition will be a six-meter tall
dollhouse designed by Siebe Tettero, filled with 54 miniature dolls clad in
outfits displayed on their life-sized counterparts in the gallery.
At the exhibition, a special
book documenting the work of the Dutch duo to date, as well as a specially
commissioned silk scarf and limited edition perfumes will be available for
sale. The House of Viktor & Rolf will be on display until 21 September.
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Don’t miss your last chance to attend Atlanta’s Premier Wine Tasting Festival, the 12th Annual Vineyard Fest at Chateau Elan. More than 100 domestic and international wines will be available for guest tastings with wineries from Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia and New Zealand plus regional wineries from California, New York, Washington, Oregon, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia participating. Sample seven of Chateau Elan’s restaurants and enjoy live music by League of Decency and an acoustic performance by St Barth’s musician Stéphane Cano. Ticket price $75. All-inclusive of wine, food, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations, grape stomping, and live entertainment.
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