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Where to stay in Barcelona? Are you searching for a Luxury 5 star Boutique Hotel in the city? I loved my stay at Serras Hotel Barcelona. The 28 Room hotel is on Passeig de Colon…

London is a vibrant city rich in history which is extremely popular with holidaymakers, particularly in the summer months. It’s also a place that knows how to do luxury and is packed full of millionaires and a selection of trendy 5-star hotels regularly frequented by the rich and famous. England’s capital also offers an extensive selection of boutique hotels worth…

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As one of the most famous cities in America, Seattle sure lives up to its popularity. Not only a thriving business hub, but tourism amenities are also abundant, so where best to enjoy the buzz of this big city? Why, Hotel Theodore of course, perched in the heart of downtown. Among other enticing features, this […]

Baroque-style architecture meets old Hollywood and you will get L'oscar Hotel located in London - a perfect addition to London's theatre district.

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Humbert & Poyet gave the accommodation on this wine estate in the south of France a refined urban twist.

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Humbert & Poyet gave the accommodation on this wine estate in the south of France a refined urban twist.

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Dubai is a land known for its luxury as well as its amazing architecture. Moreover, the place offers several unique experiences like visiting the tallest building in the world or going on a desert safari Dubai. In order to discover the city, let me highlight the best boutique hotels in Dubai. As the economy of Dubai depends largely on tourism,…

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Fifty metres underground — this is the depth that local winemakers chose when they decided to store 10,000 wine bottles in the Aven d'Orgnac caves, an underground tourist attraction located at the southern end of the limestone plateau of the Gorges de l'Ardèche.

The experiment began in March 2018, when a new storage facility was specially created in a disused access tunnel to allow wine to mature in what amounts to a highly stable and peaceful environment.

A living product that ages best in undisturbed darkness, the wine will have benefited from ideal conditions: A constant temperature of around 12°C and an all-year-long rate of humidity of over 95%.

On December 12, 1,000 bottles of Côtes du Vivarais "Grand Aven 2017" from this treasure trove will be passed from hand to hand by a chain of human volunteers who will bring them back to the surface after two years underground. Thereafter, they will go under the hammer with a range of other local vintages in an auction with modest reserve prices.

Lots on offer will include 150 magnums of Terra Helvorum 2017 starting at 30 euros, 350 bottles of 2015 Terra Helvorum for as little as 15 euros and 350 bottles of Grand Aven 2016 from just 10 euros.

On land and sea

These days, experiments to store wine deep underground are very much in vogue in France. On June 3 of this year, 500 bottles were placed in racks at a depth of 103 metres in caves in Padirac under the watchful eye of Serge Dubs, the Best Sommelier of the World in 1989.

The first of these to return to the surface will be brought up for an initial tasting in the spring of 2021. And let's not forget that this experiment is focused on a very particular wine: A Clos Triguedina Cahors, christened Cuvée Probus, which has been produced to honour the 130-year anniversary of the Padirac Chasm.

Surprisingly enough, this new approach to maturing wine was initially inspired by a find at sea. In 2010, divers in the Baltic discovered a wreck containing what turned out to be a cargo of champagne, which was probably on its way to 1840s Russia.

The wave of experimentation that is now ongoing began when the bubbly, which was made by such houses as Veuve Clicquot, Heidsieck and the now defunct Juglar, was discovered to still be delicious after some 170 years under water.

In Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the French Basque country, winemaker Emmanuel Poirmeur has registered a patent for a process that involves vinifying wine in special vats at a depth of 15 metres under water. For its part, Leclerc-Briant set a record when it vinified one of its champagnes at a depth of 60 meters under the Atlantic in 2012, not surprisingly the vintage was christened "Abyss."

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Siem Reap has been growing popular with the tourists and now the newly renovated Aviary is the perfect blend of French aesthetics, traditional Khmer crafts and impeccable customer service

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