What makes the latest champagne from the classic French champagne house Veuve Cliquot, La Grande, special is the special casket/casing which doubles up as an ice bucket. Andree Putman, a leading interior designer of the modern world has given the casing a much needed stylish touchup. This special luxurious offering is available with only selective dealers with a smart price of $485. Celebrate success or even step up into a venture with it for that whole feeling!

No celebration is complete without the champagne that makes you feel so heavenly. Every accomplishment is marked by its sip. So whether you indulge in champagne drinking to climb up the social ladder of popularity or just for pleasure, style and class is something that can never be disassociated with it.

Living in a society where the champagne that you sip is important, the paraphernalia that you use too marks your substance. So why put up with the boring old steel bucket when La Grande Dame from the house of Veuve Cliquot intends to wow you with the casing of the champagne bottle as much as with the spirits inside.

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When I read about the story of this long lost Champagne bottle making their way to stardom, I was literally amazed. Imagine a bottle of Champagne sinking in the sea because of a shipwreck some eighty years back has found its way back, and what a come back!

This 1907 Heidsieck champagne fetched a $275,000 tag at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow. And there are more than 200 such bottles belonging to the bygone era. It is being said that the bottles were shipped for a Russian Imperial family at the time when it met the fatal accident.

I am sure that had the roman god of Wine seen this, he would have shied away!

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Over lunch at Madame Clicquot’s Country House, Andrea Crippa, Directeur Marketing & RP International for Veuve Clicquot, in association with Porsche Design are launching a unique concept in the form of a ice bucket. The product was showcased in an equally unique manner- at a lunch party at Madame Clicquot’s Country House, Andrea Crippa, Directeur Marketing & RP International.

The hi-tech ice bucket got life after 5 years of R&D. You simply need to put in the bottle of wine inside the box and you will get a cool drink around 20 minutes later. The bottle will stay chilled for at least 4 hours afterwards. There is no scope for improvemet as far as design and looks is concerned. So all said and done, this is your best bet in the market (when it will be finally launched in 2009).

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Bathing in champagne to commemorate precious moments is customary now but apparently we over at Elitechoice feature lifestyle that attunes the needs of uber-rich. Hence, the lately discovered opulent way to mark the deluxe bar of merriment can be the noticeably designed handcrafted leather and wood casket. Honoring the 41st centennial of their lavish refuge, the team at Hotel Byblos has pooled champagne, leather and wood to unveil a pricey treasure chest retailed at 100,000 Euros ($150,000). The coffer sports Salmanazar of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 1999, four hand adorned cups and jewels set signed Van Cleef & Arpels.

Amongst the chief artworks, the one successful in rotating eyelids is the nine liter Salmanazar bottle autographed by one of the greatest masters of ‘Art Nouveau.’ The blend Belle Epoque 1999 resulting from the finest Cru Champagne provides delicate taste fragrance of a bouquet of white flowers that is further improved by remarks of sweet almond and nougat. Counted 10 such limited edition caskets are vaialble for grab at Les Caves du Roy, Byblos.

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Come a celebratory day and you love bathing in champagne because of its luxury respect (irrespective of the cheap one). But now there is a chance to add a dose of opulence to this even cheap or not form of champagne by serving them in a one of these two glasses. Priced at $400,000, the glasses are festooned with 1,700 white and pink diamonds with 8kg blocks of rock quartz crystal. Around 5 jewelers got engaged for long 3 months to design these glasses.

Designed by John Calleija, the glasses would be exhibited at his second store in London and then would ultimately be return to the home of the Melbourne businessman inked a deal with them and wish to turn them into family heirlooms.

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And the very mention of Veuve Clicquot again would make you bath in champagne but this time not in an isolated room rather on a cruise in open sky. Yes, if you failed to put your fingers upon Veuve Clicquot Night Clubber and the lavish Champagne that they produced to celebrate their 130th anniversary then here is another that you make you feel surely high. Against its earlier association with Karim Rashid for Globalight Cum Champagne Cooler, now Veuve Clicquot is in news for designing a cruise collection for luxury Italian boat designer RIVA. Jason Bruges Riva is the luxury speedboat company behind the iconic boats of the 60’s and the golden age of the Dolce Vita lifestyle. The design collaboration with Riva is for Veuve Clicquot’s top champagne (prestige cuvee) called La Grande Dame, and details two different accessories for Riva boats: a “made to order” piece and a limited edition one.

The “made to measure” cruise collection would cost $80,000 and includes 4 bottles of La Grande Dame 98, 2 magnums of La Grande Dame 88, 6 champagne flutes Riedel and 6 water tumblers, plates, table mats and cutlery. Another one is a limited edition cruiser bag with counted 300 pieces available and includes a bottle of La Grande Dame 98 and two champagne flutes. Expected to be available from July, it is priced at $425 and would be available at Veuve Clicquot.
All the pieces are made of mahogany, chrome and leather - and made by some of the world’s best craftsmen.

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Bringing across a new definition to the world of luxury stands this post capturing the pricey spirits that would make you feel high over a simple read. Those who wish to have their hard liquor seem really classy shall keep their fingers here. Let’s start with world’s most expensive cognac; the Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne that comes packed in a bejeweled crystal bottle bathed in 24K yellow gold and sterling platinum festooned with 6, 500 certified brilliant cut diamonds. Did I tell you it is retailed at $1,946,617 only? Moving on further, we have the world’s most expensive tequila, the La Ley del Diamante (the Diamond Sterling) Tequila that is available in a hand-blown glass covered with four kilograms of pure platinum and sterling silver .925 and 6,000 brilliant-cut diamond and is priced at $1,547,880. It carries around 42% alcohol.

Following the queue is the DIVA Premium Vodka, the priciest one retailed at $1,060,000. Produced using natural spring water and triple-distilled, each bottle holds a glass center packed with precious or semi-precious jewels, counting diamonds.

Starting with the world’s most expensive whiskies, we have Nun’s Island, Galway Distillery, 20-Year-Old Pure Pot Still Whisky and Nun’s Island, Galway Distillery and 25-Year-Old Pure Pot Still Whisky. Each one is retailed at nearly $194,661. And finally not to forget the “Ho Ho Ho and aa bottle of Rum”! Manufactured by Jamaican distillers Wray and Nephew, the Wray and Nephew Rum was bottled in the 1940s using diverse blends and you would be glad to know that counted four unopened bottles are available across the world and each one is priced at $50,638.

P.S.: The above mentioned price may vary depending upon the jewels utilized.

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If you aren’t in a mood to spill over $4,000 a pop on Karism Rashid’s Globalight to enjoy the drink in a stylish manner then here is the best substitute by Baptiste Mathieu, a French design student. Called Veuve Clicquot Night Clubber, it is still a concept and aims at enriching your champagne-drinking experience. The kit comprises of a radiant glass and a bottle that offers every consumer an elite opportunity to open the bottle in a classic way.

Featuring dual cap for blocking the stopper, the champagne bottle has leather trim and polished aluminum handling that conveys the luxury feel and highlights the design. The package features LED implanted in the metallic part of the glass and the leather body of the glass is pierced by a huge number of holes that offers a dimension to the valuable champagne.

Still in its concept stage, it is not picked by any manufacturer but an average price is valued at roughly $400.

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The much acclaimed champagne house Armand de Brignac has lately added two new champagnes to its flagship cuvée, the Brut Gold. Currently nascent in the cellar, the first is pink champagne, the Armand de Brignac Rosé that comes in a pink-gold bottle with harmonizing embellishment. The other one is the Armand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs, which is hard-pressed from a range of white Chardonnay, enclosed in a historic silver bottle with matching silver labels.

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Robert A. Rosania, champagne collector king has managed to make up to the headlines and courtesy for this goes to Acker Merrall & Condit, who would be auctioning off a part of Rosania’s immense collection of vintage bubbly at New York’s Cru restaurant.

The collection counting 1,346 bottles, 303 magnums and 11 jeroboams include rare breeds of renowned effervesce like 1914 Pol Roger (estimated at $8,000 to $15,000 a bottle), 1966 Krug Blanc de Blancs ($10,000 to $15,000), 1964 Salon ($7,000 to $10,000) and Louis Roederer 1962 Cristal champagne. The Rosania sale is expected to generate a sales figure of record $5 million including red gems.

A deep insight into the April market report clearly reflects a rise over the past year for vintage of the big three spirits viz. 1982 Roederer Cristal up 113%, 1985 Krug up 70%, 1996 Dom Perignon up 48%. As an asset, champagne stays underrated in contrast with the largely fine-wine market.

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