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A 'teachable moment' with cognac and chocolates

By Scott R. Garceau | July 8, 2021 - 12:00am

We are always up for a little education, even on a Saturday night. That’s why the Globe Platinum Cognac and Chocolates...

Food and Leisure

Cognac, I Like

By Dr. Nestor Alonso II | January 25, 2019 - 12:00am

My affair with the world of wines and cognac began nearly 25 years ago when Ijoined the La Chainedes Rotisseurs, a gourmet society. Five to seven different kindsof wine are paired with the food during a dinner. No...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Cognac is gaining a new cool

By John A. Magsaysay | March 16, 2017 - 12:00am

Cognac is not for the faint-hearted, whether you are like Winston Churchill, who enjoyed his for breakfast; Victor Hugo, who christened it “the drink of the gods;” Kim Jong-il, who spent $1 million per...

Food and Leisure

Celebrating a cognac brand’s spirit of conquest

By Honey Jarque Loop | January 29, 2016 - 9:00am

Moët Hennessy — one of the leading importers and marketers of luxury wines, spirits and champagnes — recently feted wine connoisseurs and enthusiasts with an ultra-exclusive appreciation dinner...

Modern Living

Hennessy Appreciation Night

By Flor Ynclino | January 27, 2016 - 9:00am

Radisson Blu Cebu's Ballroom I was the setting of an elegant dinner hosted by Moët Hennessy X.O, Phils. a fortnight ago. Two long tables were aptly decorated with crystal chandeliers and marvelous flower arrangements...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Raise your glasses!

October 9, 2015 - 12:00am

Cognac glasses were held high in a gala event at the Manila Hotel recently as Martell, the oldest of the great cognac houses,...

Newsmakers

Martell Cognac celebrates 300th anniversary at the iconic Manila Hotel

October 8, 2015 - 12:00am

Martell, the oldest of the great cognac houses, celebrated its 300th anniversary with a gala event at the historic Manila...

Food and Leisure

Does XO mean extra old or extraordinary?

By Stephanie Zubiri | November 6, 2014 - 12:00am

A little breathless from a rich and indulgent dinner, with your cheeks slightly flushed from copious amounts of wine, there is that ubiquitous pause as an enjoyable meal winds down...

Food and Leisure

Let’s drink to that!

By Boy Abunda | September 27, 2014 - 12:00am

I recently saw this touching anti-drunk driving public service announcement about a man, his dog and a six pack of beers and somehow it got me thinking about our long and complicated love affair with alcohol.

Entertainment

Kulinarya dinner at Vask

By Pepper Teehankee | September 9, 2014 - 12:00am

Chef Chele Gonzalez of Gallery Vask invited me to a dinner I could not resist. He and his friend Julieta Caruso, who is the former head chef of one of the world’s best Spanish restaurants called Mugaritz, traveled...

Newsmakers