These are the mythical regions of France, named for the old provinces: Languedoc and Burgundy. And they also have that good earth, the terroirs, that France is known for and knows how […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Divine Wines of Divineo
A Great Gibson Celebration
Orville Gibson fashioned his earliest known instrument, a 10-string mandolin-guitar, 130 years ago in 1894. The native of Franklin County, New York would go on to found the Gibson Guitar Company in […]
Summing Up Sonia, Sonia Delaunay
Paris, France —She left behind a body of work that was larger than life. Abstract artist, fashion designer, graphic artist, and an uncanny entrepreneur, she embraced myriad art forms through works that […]
On the Blue Path
It’s time to take the blue path. And not just any blue path. The house of Bucherer Fine Jewellery has just brought out its Blue Path collection marrying recycled 18 carat yellow […]
Moments in Time: Omega’s America’s Cup Time
The America’s Cup, the world’s most famous regatta and regarded as the oldest trophy in international sport, came to a rousing close last Saturday with New Zealand bringing home Auld Mug, as […]
France’s Fabulous Francis I
Cognac, France — Cognac is known throughout the world for it famous brandy, cognac, but it was also the birthplace of one of the great French kings Francis I (François I) some […]
Inviting Interiors from Ireland
Paris, France — A feast for the eyes in design is being played out at the Centre Culturel Irlandais – the Irish Cultural Center in Paris. The works of two of Ireland’s […]
Wine of the Week: A Royal Rosé from the House of Brusset
This was a delightful dry rosé, full of the minerals of the good earth of the limestone-clay soils characteristic of the vineyards of the Domaine Brusset wine estate in the heart of […]
The Essential Egg
Paris, France — We’re joining in in the celebrations for World Egg Day which was established back in 1996 in Vienna and is held on the second Friday in October each year. […]
The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
Paris, France — Tiny perfume bottles, tobacco pouches, snuffboxes( carried by women as well as men) and beauty boxes (often holding a beauty mark) with a mirror on the inside lid all […]
