Christmas is coming, time to build a house
Sunday, 09 December 2018
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it smells good!
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
From Music that taste good, to Wine… Richard Sagala Story
Monday, 03 December 2018
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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 in 1984-85,
Fleury 2004
Monday, 03 December 2018
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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
Sunday, 02 December 2018
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30th of November 2018: Orford Music Board appointed Richard Sagala to create and manage Orford Music Fine Wines Cellar. Link
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
“In Flanders field the poppy blows…” 100 years go
Sunday, 11 November 2018
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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
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Five barolos from our cellar for a good cause
Monday, 29 October 2018
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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!
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
Verona 29th of September 2018, Gérard Basset is honoured with the MASI prize
Friday, 19 October 2018
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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
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
Butler Art acquisition, the four skill sets
Friday, 19 October 2018
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(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.)
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
Palladio Classical architecture,
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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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
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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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?
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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Perfect setting for enjoying a glass of champagne? (please note the Baccarat flutes)
- Published in IMBA Rolls-Royce, International Montreal Butler Academy News
The Luxury of Privacy
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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This is what a butler must supply in spades…
- Published in IMBA Rolls-Royce, International Montreal Butler Academy News
Forbes writes about the IMBA
Thursday, 06 September 2018
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link to article
- Published in International Montreal Butler Academy News
In situ, tasting Bordeaux Pomerol 2014-2015
Friday, 17 August 2018
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Bordeaux 2014 was a challenging year, 2015 vintage is the blessed one. Should you overloook the 14’s for cellar purposes? No, the beauty is to find the best producers. How do you do that tasting blind? At the end you compare the 2014-2015 lists and check your 10% best scores to see if some Château
The Piano is waiting for the Chef
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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The Bertazzoni Piano is waiting for the Chef