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The week in pictures
Royalty, restrooms and rum feature in our round-up of the week in the drinks industry through a lense.
Prince Harry is presented with a bottle of Mahiki Rum by the Mahiki Polo team captain at Saturday’s celebrity match at Hurtwood Park, Surrey, with Prince Albert of Monaco and fiancée Charlene Wittock watching.
Olly Smith prepares a few festive bottles for his Waitrose Food Illustrated Christmas photo shoot in db deputy editor Jane Parkinson’s dining room.
Brewing up controversy: Scottish brewer Bulldog released a 55%abv beer this week, packaged in stuffed animals. It’s unlikely to be served at a PETA convention.
Members of the Ardbeg Committee have been celebrating the Committee’s 10th anniversary at fairground-themed nights in Edinburgh and London over the past week. The Hook-a-Duck stall celebrated Ardbeg Corryvreckan.
An Ardbeg Committee member shows her colours in the form of a tattoo while sipping on an Ardbeg cocktail at the Edinburgh event.
Sensory whisky creator Annabel Meikle enjoys the attention of Ardbeg afficionados at the Edinburgh party.
Model and socialite Carla Goyanes was among the Spanish celebrities in attendance at the Madrid opening of the Beefeater 24 Midnight Labyrinth – a 750sqm hedge maze with art, film and live entertainment from top London performers.
We’ve all heard of town twinning, but toilet twinning?!? This loo at the RSA house in Charing Cross, London, apparently has an African twin. No, we don’t know why either.
Charles Taverner, of Maisons Marques & Domaines, stormed to victory in the Wine Trade Sports Club’s annual tennis tournament in Earlsfield.
A deliciously tempting range of Ardbeg releases awaited the drinks press as the Ardbeg Committee’s 10th anniversary celebrations rolled into London.
Ardbeg master distiller Bill Lumsden runs the assembled trade press through the range in the vaults of the RSA house in London.
Following the tasting we tucked in to a delicious dinner of Arbroath smokie followed by sugar-cured beef and roasted prawns, before finishing off with this tempting selection of petits fours including salted caramel, saffron cotton candy, Ardbeg grist fudge and Ardbeg Supernova honeycomb, washed down with a dram of Ardbeg Rollercoaster.
The Verité range from Sonoma County, made by Pierre Seillan, at a tasting at the Dorchester Hotel in London. The 2007 Verité La Joie is the first wine from Sonoma County to be awarded 100 points by Robert Parker.
Angel Champagne, the fizz backed by über-diva Mariah Carey, on display at the opening of Vanquish Wine’s new offices on Dover Street, Mayfair, London. The extravagant bottle has a four-layer coating, descibed as a "platinum finish", and a felt capsule. Prices start at £700 for the brut non-vintage.
Andrew Gourlay and Dougal Sharp, both from Innis & Gunn, were presented to the Queen at a reception held at Buckingham Palace in recognition of winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
Swedish-owned Cognac Jenssen on display at Vanquish’s new Mayfair offices.
Bacardi Travel Retail Asia Pacific launches Bombay Sapphire Revelation, a HK$1.6 million-dollar (US$200,000) crystal decanter, in Hong Kong International Airport.
(l-r) Papa Jules, Piers and Sophie Adam, and Nick House: three of the owners of Mahiki Rum, at the Mahiki Rum pop-up bar at Hurtwood Park Polo, Surrey on Saturday.
the drinks business, 23.07.2010