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How
well do you know Champagne? The Answers
01 Dec '04
Congratulations to Robbie Hoyes-Cock and Damian Adams! You
took part in November’s Champagne Trivia and have
each won a bottle of champagne, courtesy of The Connoisseur
Divan. Find out the answers to the trivia here.
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A
Fragmented History of Port
07 Oct '04
"When thinking of the word ‘Port’
others spring to mind such
as wealth, elegance and lifestyle. For some of us it is
just another wine that’s a little sweeter than the
rest... "
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Havana Club: The
Story Retold
01 Sept '04
"Cuba’s most famous and experienced
Maestro Ronero once said, "…. cigar is the fragrance
of Cuba, while rum is its taste…… I never tire
of combining it." Little do people know... "
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Cork Not!
by Miss Mimi, 28 Apr '04
"Cork has been used for
so long for sealing wine bottles that until a few years
ago, it was difficult to envision a day when bottles of
fine wine would be sealed by anything else ..."
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The Messinger
from Kendall-Jackson Winery
12 Apr '04
"On the evening of February 25, some
45 appreciative guests of The Connoissuer Divan tasted 6
challenging types of wines harvested from worldwide vineyards
of Kendall Jackson ..."
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The Best Job in the World
by Alamarc, 17 Mar '04
"Clive Coleman, who
must have the best job in the world. His job consists of
travelling around Asia, meeting people and drinking Scotch
Whisky with them ..."
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Let's Go Yachting!
by Alamarc, 3 Mar '04
"So you've built up a successful
company, beaten the stock markets, secured your own personal
investments, you lead a comfortable lifestyle, bought all
the toys. What next? Welcome to the potential world of pleasure
yacht ownership!.."
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A Black & White
Macallan
by Ch'ng Poh Tiong, 11 Feb'04
"Macallan is going
back to its roots in its search for new products for an
ever-thirsty, ever-growing single malt market. Recently,
it launched it's Macallan 1841 Replica Speyside Single Malt
complete with a bottle which shape and size harks back to
the 19th century..."
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Fine Wine -
A Self Actualising Investment
by Ed Chew, 14 Jan '04
"...the surreal force reflecting the value of wine is
the sensuous allure of fine wine. Each and every bottle
is unique. The very best and finest wine develops, changes,
shuts down, comes alive, adds new dimensions, goes into
another phase again..." »
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Who invented New
Year Resolutions?
30 Dec '03
"...When we change calendars, it’s
a good time for reassessment. How did last year go? What
do I want to do differently this year? Basically, for most
part anyway, we look no further than our own noses. To add
insult to injury, we usually don’t carry through with our
"ME" resolutions..."
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Merry Fizz
by Lucky Brown, 24 Dec '03
"The most memorable
song in that film (after Thank Heaven for Little Girls,
of course) is The Night They Invented Champagne. More than
any other type of wine, champagne represents refinement,
luxury, love and celebration."
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There's NO such
thing as a BAD malt
by Alamarc, 10 Dec '03
"Single Malt Scotch drinkers
are different. A breed apart, the confident malt lover is
always exploring, always curious about an unfamiliar label,
because they know an open secret; there's no such thing
as a bad single malt. ...."
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