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Krug 'On My Own Terms'

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As the ultimate holiday gift for champagne connoisseurs, the famed French House of Krug is offering a bespoke cellar case containing six bottles of Krug's prestigious Grand Cuvée. Called Krug 'On My Own Terms', the luxe case can be ordered with a personalized plaque in either metal, mirror, or saddle leather bearing the Champagne Krug coat of arms and the recipient's name or initials. The case costs $1,000. Krug, founded in 1843, is now part of the LVMH empire. The Grand Cuvée is described as "the timelessly stylish signature of Krug." The cellar case is the latest in a line of luxurious Krug offerings, including the Escape Artist trunks and Hat Box.

[via JustLuxe]

Wines Collected by Jacques Chirac To Be Sold

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Vintage wines that were collected by French president Jacques Chirac, while he was the mayor of Paris  will be auctioned off this fall. The 5,000 bottles include several 1990 Château Pétrus and 191 bottles of 1976 Krug Champagne. The sale is expected to bring in over $630,000. The bottles are kept in the  Hôtel de Ville  and government auditors decided that keeping the expensive wine was a liability because of the price and the possibility that the bottles could be damaged by a flood. Also, the current regime just isn't drinking the way Chirac's crowd used to. Both the amount of wine consumed and the amount of money allocated to the wine budget have been drastically reduced.  It's a pretty strong statement regarding the French attitude toward wine in light of the recent years of plummeting French interest in wine and resulting poor sales.

The Google Guys Throw A Spendy Party in Davos

Filed under: Wine, Celebrity Shopping

The Google guys really seem to be enjoying their cash. They splurged on a plane and now Decanter reports that Larry Page and Sergey Brin threw a late night party for the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Google guys served their guests Château Margaux 1979, Château Gruaud Larose 1989  and magnums of 1990 Krug Champagne (regular size bottles sell for upwards of $200). The evening's menu included Belon oysters and Spanish Bellota ham. With Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Bono in attendance this year, Davos was clearly the place to be last week.


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