Cornas: the wine buff’s pal November 19, 2013 This little-known region is producing stellar wines – get in now to impress your friends Bottle.opener@cityam.com While most of the time Bottle Opener scours the world’s greatest shelves and cellars to bring you the finest wines known to humanity, every now and then I like to choose something a little out of the way. Something [...]
Mix it up: Cocktail beginners should turn to a bit of fizz November 19, 2013 @philip_salter WHETHER you’re knocking back happy-hour m ojitos at Be At One or sipping on millionaire cocktails at The Savoy’s American Bar, what you’re drinking doesn’t always matter. But making cocktails at home for friends is a different kettle of protestors. The act of creation takes centre stage. Your first time will be messy. The [...]
Up in smoke November 19, 2013 There’s something delightfully decadent about smoking a cigar on a boat, even if it’s moored at the Victoria Embankment. The deck of the HQS Wellington was the venue for the first tasting of importers Hunter and Frankau’s latest UK regional edition Habano cigar, a La Flor de Cano Gran Cano. Attendees were presented with a [...]
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013 November 19, 2013 Now open to the public at The Mall Galleries in London from 10am until 5pm every day until Sunday 24 November. Admission is free and all works are for sale. The exhibition is a show of small works independently selected by six prominent figures from different areas of the art world: two artists, two collectors [...]
Challengers keeping up the pace of City Fit life November 18, 2013 As we enter week two, our challengers are trying to fit regular gym visits and salad-making into their busy lives City A.M.’s City Fit Challenge – in partnership with Danio, Danone’s high protein yogurt of substance – has entered its second week and our contenders have been trying to stick to their health regimes while [...]
Fitness expert November 18, 2013 WORKING OUT FOR THE HARD-WORKING You want more muscle and less fat, but you don’t have hours to spend in the gym. What’s the minimum amount of training time required to get into shape? And what should you do in that time to get the fastest possible results? The first step is to lift weights [...]
To Infiniti but probably not beyond November 18, 2013 This tech-heavy premium motor has an impressive array of gadgetry but fails to knock your socks off Performance first” is the motto of Infiniti, the premium car brand from the same company behind Nissan. You can tell it’s serious because, at the launch of its latest car in Barcelona, everyone from Infiniti is dressed like [...]
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Less than the sum of its parts November 17, 2013 FILM THE COUNSELLOR Cert 18 | By Simon Thomson Two Stars GREEDY and ambitious, a successful lawyer ignores the warnings of his friends in the criminal underworld, and becomes involved with a Mexican drug cartel. When a shipment goes missing, suspicion falls on the counsellor (Michael Fassbender), and the perfect life he has built comes [...]
Where to drink November 17, 2013 LONDON bears many nightlife gifts in the run up to Christmas. Pleasure seekers can revel in Mason House, a 5000 sqft high-end nightclub on Argyll Street that has been designed to resemble a Masonic Temple. Guests enter the club through the crypt before arriving in an atmospheric main room fitted with neon installations, banquet seating, [...]