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It seems Maison Giraud, Alain Giraud’s new venture in Pacific Palisades on Swarthmore Avenue, is currently going through a soft opening and will officially launch to the public soon, possibly on Monday. It is reported that the croissants are as good as they were at Anisette. Maison Giraud needs a few weeks or more to come into its own stride, as is the case with any new restaurant.
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The price of Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2011 in Bangkok is a whopping 1,499 Thai Baht (50 US Dollars) and Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau Georges DuBoeuf 2011 1,799 (60 US Dollars). Again, I will pass on this glorified grape juice due to the price, and I do enjoy having a bottle or two once a year in this tropical climate. For this price, even here, I can buy a much better wine from Bordeaux, or some other region in France. The price I am quoting is the retail price in a wine shop not the marked up price in a 5 star hotel. The same bottles, for instance, are selling in the United States in a wine shop for anywhere from $7.00 – $14.00, in France for about 1 and a half euros, in Japan the equivalent of $5.00 and they must be flown in by air, which is the same process as in Thailand. The big difference is, that in most countries in the world, they do not add the outrageous taxes of up to 400% levied on wines as Thailand does, making it one of the more expensive places in the world to buy wine. Think about Hong Kong with 0% tax on wines.
Beaujolais Nouveau is all about freshness and is better to drink as soon as possible, certainly there should not be many bottles remaining into the first weeks of the new year. Under French law, the wine may be released at 12:01 a.m. on the third Thursday of November however, this rule is not followed in Thailand as they start selling it as soon as they receive it, which could be a few days to a week before the date.
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French Champagne
Champagne has been the preferred libation to be served at celebratory or festive events such as; weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, grand openings or other special gatherings. The cork of a champagne bottle should always be removed as silently as possible, even though some people seem to enjoy the popping sound.
The Voile Rouge has Closed: Gendarmes have already started dismantling the club in St Tropez
UPDATED: The main thrust of this post was to be about spraying Champagne, coincidentally I got word that a turn of events today November 17, 2011 changed all that, as a bigger story developed and marked the closing and demolition by authorities of the venerable Voile Rouge. This has been a massive shock to St. Tropez and the entire world. For the past 45 years, this select stretch of sand on Pampelonne beach has been awash with beautiful people, actors and billionaires looking for summer excesses. It was opened in 1966 by Paul Tomaselli and now it is over, at least for Voile Rouge. The party will just have to move elsewhere down the beach.
Chinese owned Vansom opened in December 2009 by Phonesavanh Import Export, leading wine and spirit in its 15 years of operation in Lao PDR, VanSom Wine Shop is the first wine boutique in Vientiane, to import a unique and exclusive wine portfolio, straight from the vineyards, from the most wine producing regions.
VanSom wine shop is the one and only full-service facility for wine-lovers in Laos.
As you can see, this bakery is selling pastry such as: pain au chocolate, donuts among other items
Below is a shot of a cart selling baguettes
Campari has one of the best global marketing plans I have ever witnessed. From the largest city to the remotest island you will find Campari on the back bar. I have always been amazed at how they can accomplish this. Annually they sell almost 3 million cases in 190 countries; this is unbelievable coverage. You may enjoy this alluring bitter-sweet concoction on the rocks with a slice of orange, in a tall glass with soda, or as a refreshing Americano (mixed with red & white sweet vermouth & soda) this could be an arguable point with some, but I have always mixed it with both red & white sweet vermouth, although equaling the same quantity. Then there is the famous Negroni cocktail (mixed with sweet vermouth & gin) and usually served straight up although, there are times that I prefer it on the rocks . Other bitter aperitifs are: Aperol, Byrrh from France, Fernet Branca, Cynar (whose main ingredient is artichoke) and the non-alcohol bitter aperitif Crodino, even though made in Italy its main market is Germany.
Pictured above: goat cheese to be wrapped in shiso leaves
I have been following the evolution of Japan’s artisanal cheese production, which keeps increasing each year as Japanese are learning about wine and how well it pairs with cheese. Japan has been producing wine and cheese in small quantities for many years now. They offer goat cheese wrapped in shiso leaves appealing to the Japanese market, as well as a selection of French classics.
