When the clock strikes at midnight on December 31 sparkling wine corks pop almost all over the world. Indulge a little this season with the world’s most luxurious sparkling wine. There are few things in life that exemplify luxury and style with immediacy, one of them the gold standard metaphor […]
English, North Americans and most English-speaking people from all over the world become confused in France and believe French to be arrogant and rude. In reality, they are friendly, and outgoing, once you know how to approach them, The Bonjour Effect by to Quebec writers, explores and explains almost all […]
Christmas gifts for your family, friends and business acquaintances Selecting gifts is always a time-consuming activity. The management of the L C B O knows this, and every year buyers scour the world for gift=packaged beverages. Practically all are imaginatively and attractively packaged. Some in boxes with appropriately shaped […]
The setting of this captivating novel is the Metropol Hotel in Moscow shortly after the 1917 Revolution. New soviet authorities confine Count Rostov, to house arrest in the hotel While there is no plot in the novel, it is revealing how a world-class hotel functions even after a violent revolution. […]
Wine Tasting December 10 This is the last Vintages release of 2016 and he management went all out to list more than 150 wines and spirits which were made available to taste in two days. In this release there are 12 sparkling wines, but only a few stand out. Some […]
According to the famous American wine writer Matt Kramer: “You cannot fake “somewhereness”. You cannot manufacture it. Indeed, you cannot even figure out its source. But when you taste a wine that has it, you know.” Of course, French knew it all along, and coined the term terroir that encompasses […]
