New Year’s Champagne Pt 2 – Uncovering Coupe Molded Fr Kate Moss’ Breast – Ep. 89 – Drink Bravely with Mark Oldman

Kate Moss Coupe: Mark Oldman unpacks the rare, coveted Champagne coupe molded from the left breast of supermodel Kate Moss. Slender with a geometric Art Deco motif on its bowl, the coupe was commissioned by London’s 34 Mayfair restaurant and designed by British artist Jane McAdam Freud, who is the daughter of artist Lucian Freud. The glass clearly proves that Marie Antoinette had nothing on Kate Moss.

Kate Moss Coupe

 

Featured glass: 34 Restaurant Kate Moss Coupe

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New Year’s Champagne Pt 1 – What is Recently Disgorged – Ep. 88 – Drink Bravely w Mark Oldman

New Year’s Champagne Pt 1 – What is Recently Disgorged – Ep. 88 – Drink Bravely w Mark Oldman

What’s on the menu for your New Year’s Champagne? Through the lens of his Google Glass, Mark confers with Bollinger CEO Jerome Philippon to get a handle on the rare and wonderful style of Champagne known as “recently disgorged” or “RD”.

new year's champagne

 

Featured Champagne:
Bollinger Extra Brut R.D. Champagne (France, $375)

Other Champagne of a Similar Style:

Krug Brut Champagne Collection
Dom Perignon Plenitude P2 (formerly known as Oenotheque)
Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne Cave Privee

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Watch Perfect Eggplant Parmigiana Levitate (at Il Cibreo) – Ep. 87 – Drink Bravely w Mark Oldman

Mark visits what many consider Florence’s best restaurant, Il Cibreo, to watch perfect eggplant parmigiana magically levitate from pan to table.

The eggplant parmigiana was devoured with the assistance of an equally luscious wine, Il Caberlot, a cult Tuscan red made in microscopic quantities from the little-known native Caberlot grape.
WARNING: this video is Rated “R” for luscious content and may be inappropriate for those who get hungry easily.
 eggplant parm
Featured wine:
Carnasciale “Il Caberlot” Toscana 2011 ($550, in magnum)
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6 Ways To Avoid Being Hustled by a Truffle – Ep. 86 – Drink Bravely w Mark Oldman

One of the world’s most expensive and coveted delicacies, truffles were called “the diamond of the kitchen” by French writer Brillat-Savarin and are prized for their pungent character. But how do you know if you’re getting a good one? Mark travels to the 84th International White Truffle Festival in Alba, Italy, to get the answers. Join him as he interviews official truffle judges and discovers how to tell if a truffle is worth its price.

“Known as the white Alba truffle, Tuber magnatum pico is famous for its distinct aroma and intense, earthy flavor. … The aroma, which is the source of their unique flavor, is lost when the truffles are cooked or over heated.” (Source)

Featured nibble:
truffles from Alba, Italy

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Italy white truffle

Watch 1 of the World’s Largest Truffles Sell for $125,000 – Ep. 85 – Drink Bravely w Mark Oldman

At the World White Truffle Auction today in Alba, Italy, Mark witnesses one of the world’s largest truffles – a massive, “twin truffle” auctioned off for 100,000 euro, which is about $125,000 USD. This “tartufo bianco d’Alba” (white truffle from Alba) weighed a total of 1 kilogram and was purchased by a Hong Kong buyer who participated via satellite. Mark later gets a close up look at this sublime specimen and interviews its keeper, Mauro Carbone, director of the National Center for the Study of Truffles. The charity auction coincides with the heart of truffle season in the Piedmonte region of northwestern Italy and its Annual Alba Truffle Fair.

world's largest

Featured Truffle: humongous, ultra-knobby, twin truffle weighing in at 1kg sourced by dogs from a secret forest of Alba, Italy – one of the world’s largest

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