The week in pictures

Pirates, dinosaurs, bikinis and presidential pizzas feature in our round-up of the week in the drinks industry.

 

 

 

 

 

Helen Chesshire, PR and marketing manager at Pol Roger, proudly shows off her latest creation – a dress made out of an old Pol Roger umbrella.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Having walked the plank over a pool of live eels, db travels back in time to a 12th century pirate ship for a cocktail at the Courvoisier Complete History of Food event in London, which was put on by visionary jelly-mongers Bompas & Parr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we were flung back through time to 1853 and a recreation the famous Crystal Palace Dinosaur Dinner, whereby we ate a sumptuos meal in the hollowed-out belly of a model of an Iguanadon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, who put on the eclectic culinary spectacular, beside some of their sugary creations in the Renaissance Banqueting House room at the Courvoisier Complete History of Food event in Belgrave Square, London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forget vodka Martinis, former James Bond star and general all-round movie legend Sir Sean Connery enjoys a glass of Berberana at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sea of glasses greets db at Riesling Rendezvous, a biennial trade event held in Washington State, US, co-hosted by Chateau Ste. Michelle and the Dr Loosen Estate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Smith, communications manager at Enotria, has a bit of a Baywatch moment in Puglia, Italy, during a trip around wine producers in the region.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes we can: the owners of this take-away restaurant in Lecce, Italy, will be hoping no US lawyers decide to take a vacation in their town any time soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mahiki Rum creator Julien Gualdoni – aka Papa Jules – pictured with two Roxy models at the launch of the Mahiki Roxy Swimwear range. The first 30 people to buy a Mahiki Roxy bikini or pair of board shorts received a bottle of Mahiki Rum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very civilised evening in the park as we help celebrate the 80th birthday of drinks PR company Richmond Towers Communications…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…before things get a little more raucous as the party moves inside the firm’s offices and the brass band keeps the party going through to the early hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bollinger poured its RD Champagne from as far back as the 1959 vintage at its annual UK press lunch at Texture, London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courses at the Bollinger lunch included this Scottish salmon served on a slate with gravlax and a glass of RD 97.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish scallops followed the salmon, served with RD 96 and 95. Other RD’s served during the lunch included 88, 76 and 59 with the cheese.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The team from the newly-founded Kingsbarns Distillery holds a sand sculpting event on the West Sands Beach at St Andrews during the Open Championship golf tournament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sculptors set to work on an eclectic range of whisky and golf-related scultures, as well as portraits of past Open champions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

db enjoyed glugging down a couple of glasses 02 vintage, 96 Oenothèque and 96 vintage Dom Pérignon at Moët Hennessy’s UK offices in London.

db, 16.07.2010