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16/01/2019 In Memoriam, Gérard Basset OBE

  On the 16th of January 2019, Gérard Basset OBE, MW, MS, Wine MBA, Msc.OIV, Best Sommelier in the World 2010 left us. My thoughts goes to his family: his spouse Nina and his son Romané. Gérard Basset has been a personal friend, and the Director of the IMBA Cellar Management program. I have known

In the company of Peter Moser, editor in chief of Falstaff

While in Bordeaux beginning of January 2019 tasting the 2015 and 2016 Left Bank vintages, I had the pleasure of meeting Peter Moser editor in chief of Falstaff. Falstaff is the German language equivalent of the Wine Spectator and shines light on the exquisite German and Austrian wines. In Vino Veritas!

January 2019, IMBA in Bordeaux tasting the Left Bank 2015 & 2016 vintages

A few highlights of the 6th to 13th of January 2019 in Bordeaux        

We invite you to have a look at some activities involving our wine school (in parallel to IMBA)

Wine Leaders Forum Video: 2014-2018, our five years commitment in Okanagan collaborating with UBC and Kedge

In 2019, we wish you to rise above the top!

Happy New Year to all!

What to drink with our own IMBA foie gras

With our own IMBA duck foie gras recipe (with cognac)  

Millionaire’s envy

Rockefeller oysters, IMBA style

Three ladies, one commonality: to serve!

Do you see Power in this picture? One Butler and two Heads of State The butler,                                                                           Prime Minister May, 

Christmas is coming, time to build a house

it smells good!

From Music that taste good, to Wine… Richard Sagala Story

    Expose yourself to the best things that humans have done, and then try to bring those things into what you’re doing  (Steve Jobs) -Abstract- Richard Sagala’s wine story began with an analogy game involving wine and the sound of musical instruments, the meeting of a classical musician with a passion for gastronomy, to Paris

Fleury 2004

  A ripe and mature champagne from a great vintage (2004). Great Vinosity, finesse of the bubbles, lemon curd and long finish (saline and mineral). “Another dozen of oysters Please!”heard the butler.

30th of November 2018, Richard Sagala appointed to the creation and management of the Orford Music Fine Wines Cellar

30th of November 2018: Orford Music Board appointed Richard Sagala to create and manage Orford Music Fine Wines Cellar. Link

“In Flanders field the poppy blows…” 100 years go

100 years ago, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh month of 1918, the shooting stopped. 2 minutes before, at 10:58, George Price felled, the last Canadian casualty of the war. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,     That mark our place; and in the sky     The larks, still bravely

Five barolos from our cellar for a good cause

28/09/18, Five barolos from our cellar were the object of a tasting and accompanied a dinner served to the party of a  generous benefactor of Orford Musique. In Vino Veritas!

Verona 29th of September 2018, Gérard Basset is honoured with the MASI prize

On the 29th of September 2018, a Ceremony in Verona was held by the MASI Foundation in honour of Gérard Basset. Gérard remarkable contribution to the wine world allowed him to receive the Premio MASI (the MASI prize). Gérard Basset is arguably the most certified and distinguished wine professional in the world right now having

Butler Art acquisition, the four skill sets

(represented here by those four Strads in the Cremona violin museum) Skill set number one: Leadership Skill set number two: Etiquette & Protocol mastery Skill set number three: Wine mastery Skill set number four: Butler specific techniques (such as : organising functions, taking care of guests and the family, daily graces etc.)  

Palladio Classical architecture,

A triumph of western civilisation, Andrea Palladio architecture. Informed by Vitruvius and the buildings of the past, proportion and symmetry are the trademark of the genius of Palladio (1508-1580). Palladio declared looking to build houses that would  bring to their owners a feeling of: calm, harmony and dignity (Palladio words). A butler mindset for sure!

Studio in Palladian Casa Cogollo, Vicenza, Italy

It was a pleasure to stay in Vicenza at Casa Cogollo, in an appartment exquisitely renovated by architect and owner Nazario Berti. Located in Vicenza city center in an historical building on which the great architect Palladio worked (Palladio designed the façade), the character and charm of a thoughtful (2014) renovation blending seamlessly with the

The Luxury of Privacy II, perfect setting for Krug?

Perfect setting for enjoying a glass of champagne? (please note the Baccarat flutes)

The Luxury of Privacy

This is what a butler must supply in spades…

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