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Last month Penfolds became the first vino brand to better half with RED, the commerce-driven enterprise to wage hike money to help eliminate AIDS in Africa Now summer cypress has joined the fight, announcing a partnership with and the launch of a special edition bottle to wage hike issue for the Global fund to scrap AIDS, TB and malaria 50% of net profit from the global sale of the special edition will be donated. The bottle will be available in late summer 2011 but it is being unveiled at a pre-Grammy party in Los Angeles on Feb 10, 2011 with a live performance announcing musician James Ussher as the brand’s new celebrity ambassador. Usher joins a host of famous person liquor salespeople, a group that includes everyone from Bruce Willis to phosphorus Diddy and Dan Aykroyd.

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Last calendar month when we wrote about an important Francis Bacon triptych being auctioned off at Sotheby’s, we predicted it would blast past its $14 million high estimate And indeed on Th Three survey for a Portrait of Lucian Freud sold for a whopping $37 million, or more than two and a half times the top quote, at the auction house Looking Closely sale of 20th century graphics in capital of the United Kingdom In our original post we also put forward Bacon-loving oligarch Roman Abramovich as the likely buyer, since He in the midst of decorating his new $230 million mega-mansion in London; while Thursday’s vendee was anonymous, we bet the Sigmund Sigmund Freud triptych will be hanging on Abramovich’s wall before long. The Th sale, from works said to have belonged to the low-profile Geneve collector Saint George Kostalitz who died last year, also saw a new auction bridge record for any surrealist work of art – Republic of El Salvador Dali’s Portrait Diamond State Alice Paul Eluard, which sold for $21.6 million.

Whiskey for valentine Day? Why not.

It’s not there aren’t any female whisky aficionados. But I will say most of these suggestion seem to men? to be much more appropriate for men than women. After all, how many really great valentine Day? gift are there for men? Jewelry? Sure, for the right man, who deprivation a new ring or cuff-links. Bracelets? ordinal number so much Please.

But whisky special whiskies, for the whisky loving man? That’s a can’t miss present. But not just any whiskey. Given the nature of the day, look for a whisky that is lush, special, characteristics. deep gold colors, Nice age, finish of drinking chocolate and marchpane To do it right, think “sex in a glass.”

Here are six suggestion that fit the bill. And they all should be available at better liquor shop with a decent whisky selection.

Glenmorangie 18-year old: damage $100.00
Once it has spent 15 years maturing in American white oak cask approximately 30% is transferred into Spanish Oloroso cask to spend a further three years maturing. Then, when both have reached XVIII years, it is blended back together to create a whisky with a rich corsage and full, rounded feeling The taste is balanced between honey, malted milk and flowery scents. date and figure emerge in the background with a hint of wood smoke. Think of Glenmorangie 18-year old like having candy, flower and a wood fire all in the one glass.

Amrut Fusion: $50-$65.00
Introduce your mate to a whisky he or she has probably never tried. This whisky, from India, is one of the best in the world, especially under $100. combine Red Indian malted milk and peated Scottish malt, it has a sweet side, but not too sweet. The taste includes vanilla custard, peat, dried Ananas comosus It will be unexpected, like a good gift should be.Aberlour Abunadh: damage $60.00
This is a superb cask-strength single-malt whisky. It has no age-statement, so its delectation is a timeless as love. It is released in express run batches, each batch carrying a unique number on its label The whiskey is blended from Aberlour barrels ranging from 5 to 25 years old. It is elderly in Spanish oak Olorosso sherry butts, which gives the whisky an especially dark gold color. It is a touch sweeter than many single-malts because of the long ageing in the sherry wood. It is gentle enough for men and women to imbibe. The word a’bunadh is roughly translated into English from Scottish Gaelic as “original.”

Ardbeg Corryvreckan: Price: $85.00
Among Ardbeg’s superintendent peaty whiskies, this one pedestal out as arguably the most powerful. As malted milk advocator called it, “Muscular, well-textured, and invigorating.” The more aggressive billet of coal tar, anise, and smoke seaweed, flanked by black raspberries, darkness chocolate, coffee and molasses malted milk advocator even wrote their taste-tester detected a touch of “bacon fat” in the taste.

Crown royal Cask No. 16: Price: $100.00
Finished in Cognac casks, this is a velvety smooth Canadian whiskey with soaker billet of vanilla butterscotch, marzipan with a balanced fruity finishing Many have called it Crown royal best aspect ever.

Parker’s heritage Collection: 27-Year Old: Price: $200.00
One of the Malt proponent highest rated whiskies, This extra mature whiskey has great deep gold coloring with notes of darkness rum and toffee, as well as dried apricot, raisin and vanilla. An ideal whiskey to drink with a cigar. Don’t be afraid to pair this gift with a terrific cigar preferably tucked into a new leather cigar traveler.

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The luxury Hub has announced its LuXplosion 2010 award Nominees and Luxist is happy to be included. The awards accolade luxury websites, web log and author in a wide salmagundi of family including travel, amercement dining and More Luxist has been nominated in the The Dolce Vita family vote for the contest end on February 25 followed by the announcement of victor on Feburary 28 You can also vote for a couple of Luxist writers, Susan Kime and Annie Danger Scott in the Luxe in Words category. The link for the voting page is here and the Luxist family are a little more than halfway down the page. Wed love your vote!

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