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Champagne Protocoles de G.H. MUMM
The idea behind JOSHUA’s is the aspiration to further oneself; regardless of how evolved we consider ourselves to be. Part of this will be learning new skills, but a significant other will be rediscovering things we thought that we already knew. Today, the rules for drinking champagne have taken on a new style. Wave goodbye…
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Chapter I – Choosing your Champagne
Simply grabbing the nearest champagne is up there on a par with wearing socks and sandals: simply unthinkable. This Exceptional wine deserves respect and so we thought you might appreciate a few choice tips. Vintages, grape varieties, growths and taste profiles – all need to be taken into consideration when selecting your bottle for specific occasions…
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Chapter II – A Question of Temperature
One of champagne’s best features is of course its freshness. Picture that glass covered with a fine mist, the chilled and delicious bubbles, the coolness to the touch. But even though the perfect temperature at which to enjoy champagne is generally regarded as 8°C, each situation requires specific chilling preparations. It’s demanding, we grant you, but that’s often…
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Chapter III – Opening the Bottle
Having chilled your bottle to perfection, it’s all very well to wave it around with a certain panache. But now it’s time to open it. The trick is to avoid showering the room in foam, breaking the cork or giving your partner (or your boss for that matter) a black eye, and to achieve that elegant, soft…
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Chapter IV – Sabring Champagne
So you now know how to open a bottle like a pro. But what really fascinates people is how to do it like a Napoleonic cavalry officer – in other words by sabring the bottle in one masterly and spectacular gesture – a legacy of those who celebrated their victories by unsheathing their sabre and using it…
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Chapter V – Choosing the right Champagne Glass
What is the quintessence of elegance? Karl Lagerfeld puts it better than us: simplicity, of course. To enhance the champagne, your preference should therefore be for glass or, better still, crystal. While the former, transparent and smooth, enables you to enjoy the dancing bubbles and hue of the robe to perfection, the latter is obviously a cut above in terms of finesse…
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Chapter VI – Serving Champagne
Even on a linen tablecloth andin crystal glasses to boot, the best vintages can be ruined if poorly served. Knowledge of the correct gestures is essential for serving this great wine and thus putting the guests in the best frame of mind for the tasting. And let’s face it, this is your moment of glory: performing a majestic…
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II
The day began with two Ghosts. Ghosts, not in the ephemeral sense of the word, but as shown above, stately awe-inspiring vehicles. Little was I to know that the luxury was a merely an indicator of what was to follow – the Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II. “Like a familiar piece of music, it is open…
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Rolls-Royce: The Finer Details
There is so much to take in when you first lay eyes upon a Roll-Royce Phantom Series II, some purposefully obscure, that you’ll be forgiven for missing out on some of the more intricate detailing. The whole vehicular makeup is steeped in tradition; while technology marches onwards, Rolls-Royce go through painstaking lengths to ensure that…
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Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy
Often mistaken for being angelic in appearance, the story of the Spirit of Ecstasy (formerly The Spirit of Seed) is one of tragedy and romance; befitting of the historic motor it now adorns. The mystical figurine is actuality a tribute to a forbidden love, a romance that, in those times, should have never been allowed…
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