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CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL
Blazing a trail
Festivalgoers are sure to be well watered and entertained this summer
thanks to Veuve Clicquot and Tinie Tempah, as a smart yellow 1950s-style
Airstream trailer heads to UK shores. DJs from Tempah's record label,
Disturbing London, will be playing in the trailer as it tours some of the
top events of the summer season, while bottles and magnums of Veuve
are served to thirsty throngs.
Among other locations, the trailer will be stopping at hot-to-trot music
event Festival No 6, Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Veuve Clicquot Gold
Cup nal. Speaking of the Gold Cup, this year partygoers can buy a VIP picnic
experience for the polo nal. For £125 (based on groups of four), guests will
be transported to the event by shuttle, hosted in a restaurant-style picnic area
and served a magnum of Yellow Label NV by their own butler, naturellement.
Mount Street Deli and Scott's will be on hand to provide picnic hampers.
facebook.com/veuveclicquotuk; vcgoldcuppicnic.co.uk
A slice of knife
Perhaps the most dramatic way to open a bottle of Champagne is by way of sabrage, where the blunt side
of a sabre slides along the bottle until it hits the lip and breaks the glass, separating the collar and cork from
the neck. This dramatic technique is said to originate from the Napoleonic Wars, when it was employed by
French soldiers. These smart Champagne sabres from Divertimenti would certainly add a sense of ceremony
to any drinks occasion - just be sure to clear the space in front of you... £120; Divertimenti
Roederer's new clothes
Fans of Louis Roederer know that
its wines are synonymous with
class and style, and now its range
of bottles - from Brut Premier
to Blanc de Blancs vintage -
have been redesigned by artist
Philippe di Meo. 'All [the bottles
are] presented in a purer, simpler
and more elegant style,'
said Michel Janneau,
vice president of the house.
A slice of knife
THE SECOND COMING
Dom Pérignon has teamed up with Fera chef Simon Rogan, who has designed a menu
to complement the brand's new release, the P2 1998, which is the second release of
DP's 1998 vintage after it has hadkirsty@kshmanagement.comhe lees (yeast). The eightcourse
menu will held be at Fera on three dates, announced at the start of July,
priced £405 per person (including one bottle of P2 per pair). feraatclaridges.co.uk
If you don't fancy going out, you can book two Michelin-starred Rogan to cook
for you at home. Enquire via Kirsty Stanley-Hughes at kirsty@kshmanagement.com