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Rolls-Royce Cellarette — Where Cigars & Whisky meet
I must admit, it came as a big surprise to me to learn one of the industries most affected by the pandemic is the cigar market. In fact just yesterday morning, I received a received a message asking if I knew anyone that supplied Cohibas due to a shortage of cigars for a top client…
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Worth the Wait
You may have heard that little picture by the name of ‘No Time to Die’ is hitting theatres in two weeks. The new James Bond has been marred by COVID-induced delays and our anticipation has been equally feverish. Frustrating as the wait is, it’s good to know that Eon Productions et al are taking the…
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Benromach — A Dormant Dram Awakens On Speyside
In the north of Scotland, in an ancient town that strikes across the Moray coast, something has been lying dormant for the past 40 years. This isn’t the opening line to some Highland fable but it may as well be. The town in question – Forres – has been the scene of many mysterious events…
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Organic Architecture — Ilulissat Icefjord
The great American biologist E.O. Wilson says that if we are to safeguard the systems on which all species – including our own – depend, we must devote half of all available land mass to nature. Nature is forgiving. It will bounce back – if we let it. And nature, more than anything else, holds…
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Where to? — Cromwell Place
It’s a curious paradox that in times of crises we must prioritise pillars of survival over enjoyment. Healthcare, education and commerce have dominated our collective attentions these past couple of years and the world, by necessity, has been forced to take on a greyer complexion. However, it’s in these times of sparsity that the…
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DRIVEN — Ferrari F8 Spider
“What do you do for a living? Are you a footballer?” A question I faced many times over the past few days as I stepped up-and-out of the bright yellow flying machine also known as the Ferrari F8 Spider. Ordinarily it’s a question that would have taken me aback but given the boldly ostentatious nature…
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Olmeca Altos Tequila
Accessing the world of tequila (or any spirit, for that matter) can be a bewildering affair. There are often many factors to consider, few of them obvious, and any tequila worth its salt would balk at the branding of an ‘entry spirit’. Olmeca Altos provide a tequila that has all quality and credentials one would…
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READY TO ROAR AGAIN — The Welsh Dragons
Welsh football has gone from strength to strength over the past decade and this progression doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This improvement was clearly evident when the Welsh squad, led by then manager Chris Coleman qualified for the European Championships back in 2016, their first major tournament since the World Cup in 1958.…
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Car Diffuser — by Acqua di Parma + Poltrona Frau
It’s hard to get excited by the car fragrance options on the marketplace. Just as your choice in fragrance is seen as an extension of self, so is your choice of car, and as such it comes as great surprise to me that there has been such a dearth of options in the car fragrance…
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BAMFORD x Sesame Street
The world of watches can be an overly serious place at times — and understandably so with the vast sums of money exchanged for painstaking craftwork in finely crafted timepieces. But every now and then something comes along to break through the solemnity, bringing a smile to your face. Enter the new Bamford x Sesame…
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Remy Martin presents — Team Up For Excellence
What is the link between the land of cognac, jazz, blues and hip-hop? This is the question posited to us by multi-Grammy Award winning dance floor behemoth Usher in the opening to Rémy Martin’s ‘Team Up For Excellence’ short. There is an indomitable zest for life shared by the respective proponents of cognac and music.…
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EVO by Cambridge Audio
The Evo by Cambridge Audio acts as both a timeless centrepiece and cutting edge all-in-one hi-fi sound system. Taking design cues from Cambridge Audio’s first ever product – the P40 – its 1968 roots are readily apparent. Rich walnut panelling and a slick anodised aluminium cabinet give way to a customisable Richlite finish. This new…
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finessed — modern artistry
In this, the digital age, the concept of antiquity feels almost mythical. This great era of information has brought about untold benefits – namely, an ability to collect, compile and archive all human endeavour with robotic accuracy. Since the turn of the century, our ability (not to mention proclivity) to consume and catalogue information –…
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Spirio R — Steinway & Sons
It was 1857 when bespoke grand piano makers Steinway & Sons registered their first patent; since then over 139 patents have been filed and the innovation still continues. The embodiment of this is SPIRIO. Launched by Steinway & Sons in 2015 this technology captures and recreates the unique playing techniques of world renown pianists to…
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Manors
Golfing unlike many other sporting ventures isn’t deemed the most sartorially wealthy. Despite the green jacket affair it has failed to get off the ground and manifest a truly stylistic infrastructure. But maybe times are changing. Enter Manors. The most complete golfing attire in recent time. Made in England their apparel communicates a sense…
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Redbreast — One for the Birds
The tradition of keeping the bottle is a marvellous exercise. Any act of converting the disposable into a trinket or keepsake has to be considered worthy. If cracking open a bottle of something special is a way of marking an occasion – the birth of a child, the union of marriage, a graduation – then…
