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Published: Tuesday September 06 2016PDF version of this article available hereWith almost 300 years of history, Rémy Martin is one of the world’s leading cognacs, selling 24 million bottles a year to consumers in Europe, North America and Asia. In 1990–91, it joined forces with a much younger premium spirit — the orange-flavoured liqueur first sold by the Cointreau brothers in 1875. The merged Rémy Cointreau group also owns a range of other spirits, including Mount Gay rum, Metaxa brandy and...

Published: Friday August 19 2016Caran d'Ache, Switzerland’s manufacturer of pencils, fine-arts materials and luxury writing instruments, continues to innovate and expand globally under the leadership of a fourth-generation member of the family that runs it‘People write less in everyday life, yet everyone has a pen or pencil on their desk,’ says Carole Hübscher, Chairwoman of the company. ‘A nice pen has become an essential accessory for many men, just like a Swiss watch – a sign of status....

Published: Monday August 15 2016With almost 300 years of history, Rémy Martin is one of the world’s leading cognacs, selling 24 million bottles a year to consumers in Europe, North America and Asia. In 1990–91, it joined forces with a much younger premium spirit — the orange-flavoured liqueur first sold by the Cointreau brothers in 1875. The merged Rémy Cointreau group also owns a range of other spirits, including Mount Gay rum, Metaxa brandy and Bruichladdich Scotch whisky.Rémy Martin dates...

Published: Wednesday August 10 2016Riedel, the 260-year-old Austrian family-owned company makes a wide range of differently shaped glasses which enhance the taste of the most popular grape varieties, according to an 11th generation descendant of the founderWhen Maximilian J. Riedel’s grandfather produced the first wine-specific glass, some connoisseurs doubted whether it would make much difference to the taste of the wines they drunk. Wine glasses then were smaller than today’s, made of cut...