Johnnie Walker Gets A Porsche Design Makeover!

A great treat for whiskey connoisseurs and just in time for the holidays no less is the incredible private bar Porsche Design makers of all things luxurious, luxurious and beautiful has constructed exclusively for Johnnie Walker’s ultra-exclusive Blue Label blended Scotch whisky.

The impressive structure stands at over six feet tall and combines classic details with sleek modernity. Once the automatic opening sequence is activated, inside you’ll find a custom Porsche Design Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottle holder, four crystal glasses, and a hidden chilled compartment with a crystal ice bucket, stainless steel tongs, four more crystal glasses, and a crystal water jug.

Priced from at around 140.500 Euro ($155,360), this would make a great gift for that very special someone with discerning tastes. Be warned that these are exclusive as only 50 of these will be made, most of them to order. Only a few will be available via luxury retailers this month.

This is certainly something that we’d love to get for Christmas that’s for sure. What beautiful craftsmanship and design. Most certainly a uniquely exclusive product you’re certainly not likely to find just anywhere! Check the video below to see this bar in action!

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Cuvée Carbon Champagne by The House of Devavry

Champagne House Devavry in Champillon (at a stone throw from the Abbey of Hautvillers where Dom Perignon created champagne )has been making champagne for five generations, producing half a dozen wines on their ten-hectare property using traditional methods. The latest product from this champagne house is Cuvée Carbon, produced by Alexandre Méa, the youngest of the family. This perfectly selected mix of the greatest chardonnay and pinot noir grapes from Cotes de Blancs and the Marne Valley comes in special bottle, hand-made out of pure carbon (it took over six days), to brings an undeniable elegance to the delicacy of the beverage.

The combination of fine selected grapes gives the wine delicacy and finesse, subtlety, purity and a smooth mouth-feel. From the initial aromas of lemon zest and juicy fruit, the taste is sweet and floral with notes of honey which become creamier with spicy fragrances. The palate is lively, structured and rigorous with a dynamic effervescence.

Cuvée Carbon is the haute Couture of the winery, and is available in large format bottles (1.5 liters, 6 liters and 15 liters): Magnum, Methuselah and Nebuchadnezzar. The prices range from 2100 Euro ($2,900) for one magnum to whopping 34.900 Euro ($48,000) for 15 liters Nebuchadnezzar. Cuvée Carbon is known as the “King of wines and the wine of kings! ” Prince Albert of Monaco officially supported Cuvée Carbon during its launch.

Armand de Brignac Unveils World’s Largest Bottle of Rosé Champagne

From the house of Armand de Brignac comes a brand new bottle of bubbly! The company has just launched its groundbreaking 30-liter Rosé “Midas” bottle of champers, for a party like nothing else! Equivalent to 40 regular-sized 750ml bottles, the bottle weighs 100 pounds (45kg) and measures over 1.20m (four feet) high making it the world’s largest bottle of Rosé Champagne ever! The first of these mammoth bottles was popped on December 13, 2013 at the Hakkasan Las Vegas, located at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino.

According to Yvonne Lardner, Global Director of Brand Communications for Armand de Brignac, the bottle of bubbly has been made using grapes from the most historic villages of Champagne, with every step done by hand keeping in check the Armand de Brignac quality and uniqueness. Given the bottle’s size and the labor-intensive production methods involved, the company will produce a limited number of Armand de Brignac Rosé 30L Midas bottles. Available for purchase at Hakkasan Las Vegas, the Rosé Midas will retail 200.200 Euro ($275,000).

Moët & Chandon Champagne Vending Machine at Selfridges

Moët & Chandon has unveiled the world’s first Champagne vending machine at Selfridges on Oxford Street. Just in time for Christmas, Moët & Chandon’s mini bottle vending machine offers sparkling stocking stuffers. Simply press the red Moët & Chandon button and watch as the golden arm carefully selects your bottle and elegantly delivers it via a glowing cylindrical window.
 Each 200ml bottle, costing 21,50 Euro ($29), is wrapped in gold and features 350 art deco-inspired Swarovski crystals.

The Moët & Chandon Champagne Vending Machine is located in the “Destination Christmas” section of Selfridges’s London store on Oxford Street.

THE WORLD’S FIRST SQUARE WINE BOTTLE

California producer Truett-Hurst has launched the world’s first range of wines in square bottles and available in three varieties: Russian River Valley Chardonnay, Paso Robles Cabernet and a red blend.

 

Modeled on classic spirit bottles, design firm Stranger and Stranger created the ornate bottles with embossing and vintage graphics. The Dry Creek Valley wine producer felt a change was in order and citied several benefits like taking up less space; the bottles won’t roll away if placed on their sides and can be repurposed as olive oil dispensers or vases. They also become easy to store with no real need of a wine rack but maybe just some book-ends. If the wine industry turned over to square instead of round bottles we’d save almost a million trees in outer cardboard boxes alone.

According to Truett-Hurt winemaker Virginia Marie Lambrix, introducing an alternative package is tricky. ‘The wine inside has to over-deliver and create a memorable impression for the consumer.’

Its outward appearance aside, the three wines were a huge smash when Truett-Hurst and Total Wine & More featured them in a sneak preview prior to the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in late September.