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Week in pictures
We’ve got boats, beers, baths, brewmasters and bars as we take a look back over the last week in the drinks industry.
Heineken made its "Walk-in Fridge" viral advert a reality as London played host to a larger than life version. The Walk-in Fridge was hidden behind a Heineken advert in the capital’s upmarket Duke of York Square for three days at the beginning of the month.
Salvatore Calabrese, the world-famous "Maestro", will be opening Salvatore’s at the Playboy Club London in 2011. Here he is sitting on a stool.
Simon Hiscocks and Phil Sharp celebrate becoming UK national Beneteau Figaro 2 champions after a hotly contested 8 race series culminated with the final on Saturday in Portland, Dorset. The event was supported by Pol Roger.
Artemis & Offshore Challenges, run in association with Pol Roger, are currently running an academy to develop the very best British men and women who show promise in this and other Figaro classes and helps them to reach their potential, working to develop the exceptional few for the London Olympics in 2012.
Adrian Bridge of Taylor’s introduces the limited edition 1855 Tawny Port, Scion, to the UK – a bottle of which will cost £2,500.
Stella Artois brewmaster Charles Nouwen introduced Stella Artois Black to the UK trade press at The Anthologist in Gresham Street, London.
The new beer, which will be an on-trade exclusive, is served in its own bespoke glass.
Leonardo Frescobaldi, president of Marchesi de Frescobaldi, the largest producer in Chianti Rufina, shows off the first ever vintage of its Montesodi Riserva, the 1974, from Castello di Nipozzano.
Guests enjoy the launch party for Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water on the New ElyseÌe Roof Garden at 13 Percy Street, Fitzrovia, London. Basic vodka and tonic cocktails were jazzed up with a simple sprig of lemon thyme in order to maximise appreciation of the tonic’s flavour.
Fever Tree used posters at the event to highlight its sourcing of the highest-quality quinine from the heart of the war-torn East Congo.
The White Horse in Parsons Green, west London, played host to a six course beer and pork scratchings dinner thanks to Beer Genie.
Laurent-Perrier recently hosted a small, select group of sommeliers at Château de Louvois in Tours sur Marne for a ‘L’art de recevoir ‘aÌ€ la française’ experience.
Lucia van der Post of the Financial Times presents the Luxury Forum at the Mumm/Perrier-Jouët Champagne Assembly.
Didier Marotti, chef de cave at Mumm (l), and Hervé Deschamps, chef du cave at Perrier-Jouët, present the Chef de Cave Masterclass at the Champagne Assembly.
François Lurton explains the breadth of his portfolio in Argentina during a lunch at Quo Vadis last week.
Enotria’s Piedmont tasting in the super-trendy dark and moody Boffi kitchen showroom in South Kensington, London, featured this egg-shaped bath which thankfully no-one mistook for a spittoon.
The same tasting also included the somewhat unsual but delicious Paruss Nebbiolo pudding wine with 130 g/l residual sugar and the grape’s characteristic firm tannins and high acidity.
Mike Howes (right) of FindWine pours a blind sample for a customer during a consumer taste-off with Naked Wines.
Jasper Morris MW welcomes attendees to the launch of his book, Inside Burgundy, at Vintners’ Hall in London.
Tasters gather at the fifth Annual Fairtrade Wine Tasting in London.
The new, state-of-the-art Don Maximiano Icon Winery for Errazuriz opened on 6 November.
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