Christmas bakes
Are you throwing a house party or visiting one? Bring along one of these fabulously festive bakes from Shangri-La Singapore, which carries an extensive collection of takeaway gourmet treats to be enjoyed at home. Add festivity to your celebrations with Christmas roasts, handcrafted log cakes, mulled wine, a medley of chocolate confectionery and a DIY Gingerbread House Kit. New festive cakes include Triple Nutty Crunch Log Cake ($85), White Forest Log Cake ($85), Christmas Rudolph ($128) and Santa’s Belt Cake ($98), available for takeaway at the hotel lobby Festive Counter, available from now till Dec 25. Enjoy a 15% early bird discount for selected items till Dec 4. To order online, visit bit.ly/shangrilafestive22, call 6213 4511 or email festive.sls@shangri-la.com.
Chocolate o’clock
Award-winning pastry chef Janice Wong is celebrating the festive season in a big way with a comprehensive collection of sweet treats for the most discerning gourmands. In Christmas with Janice Wong, you’ll find an exciting array of edible creations, including cakes, chocolates, cookies, box sets and hampers, which you can buy from any of her outlets or online. To sample her famous designer chocolates, we highly recommend the Box of 25 Advent Calendar (S$107), containing 25 pieces of chocolate bonbons in an assortment of divine flavours from the Christmas, Signature Singapore Series and Classic collections.
For the full menu, visit janicewong.online/collections/Christmas-2022
Tea party
For afternoon soirees, we recommend Goodwood Park Hotel’s Christmas Tree Three-Tier Set, showcasing a range of dainty sweet and savoury treats that will steal the show at any Christmas celebration. Perfect for an intimate gathering, the set presents an assortment of eight sweets and eight savouries, such as Chestnut Profiterole, Lemon Meringue Tart, Raspberry Gem, Mini Pear Caramel Cake, Smoked Salmon Rillette with Vanilla Lime Pickled Cucumber and Caviar; Duck Liver Terrine with Pitted Wild Cherries and Pistachios; Herb Cheese Tartlet with Lingonberry Compote; and Mini Classic Turkey Pot Pie, among others. The gold star topper from the set can also be removed and upcycled as an ornament for one's Christmas tree. Get it for $88, or enjoy a Festive Bundle at $118 (includes Christmas Tree Three-Tier Set and Christmas Carousel Two-Tier Set). Visit the Festive Online Shop at goodwoodparkfestive.oddle.me or contact 6730 1867/68.
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Preserve your vino
The perfect gift for your wine-loving friends, the Coravin Pivot Wine Preservation System helps to keep their favourite wines (and champagnes) in freshly-opened condition for up to four weeks. First introduced in the US in November 2020, the Pivot system is a two-part wine tool consisting of a reusable Pivot Stopper and a Pivot Device. To use it, owners can open their bottle of wine, replace the cork or screw cap with the stopper, insert the device through it, and then pour the wine out while pressing a button that releases 100% pure Argon gas to replace the poured wine. This prevents oxygen from affecting the remaining liquid. The Pivot system boasts the most efficient gas usage yet can achieve 20 pours (150ml) from just one capsule. Those searching for a handy device that will preserve opened bottles of wine throughout the year-end celebrations can purchase the Coravin Pivot Wine Preservation System ($215), which includes the Pivot Device, two Pivot Stoppers and one Pure Argon Capsule. The Coravin x 1855 Festive Bundle ($325) includes a Coravin Pivot Wine Preservation System, Pure Argon Capsules Three-Pack and a bottle of Le Ragose Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG 2011. Visit any 1855 The Bottle Shop to place an order or online at www.1855thebottleshop.com.
Have wine, will travel
Luxury travel specialist Rimowa introduces a special edition Twelve Bottle Case ($13,230) for wine aficionados and design enthusiasts to carry and protect bottles while on the move. Available in extremely limited quantities, this addition comes after the successful launch of the One Bottle Case Aluminium ($2,470).
The special edition piece, manufactured in Germany, is crafted from Rimowa’s signature anodised grooved aluminium. The minimalist shell is complemented by high-gloss aluminium corners, a black leather handle, and a tag.
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Thanks to a clever system of a padded cushion with a varied thickness that wedges bottlenecks to keep them in place depending on the bottle’s size, the Twelve Bottle Case can hold any standard silhouette of wine bottles — from the Bordeaux to the Bourgogne — as well as the wider champagne bottle. The case is also equipped with a support system to stabilise it whilst it is open, with two feet that can be locked at the bottom of each side.
When on the go, its microfiber interior features bottle safety bars to secure bottles during transport, which can be placed in front of the bottle’s body. Two US Transportation Security Administration Approved locks can be used to secure your belongings.
Collectible Blue Label
The world’s number one Scotch whisky, Johnnie Walker, is delighted to present the Cities of the Future Collection — a limited series of 10 designs for Johnnie Walker Blue Label that envision what some of the world’s greatest cities might look like 200 years from now. The product of an innovative collaboration with renowned digital artist Luke Halls, the rare whiskies and intricate craft make this limited-edition design Johnnie Walker Blue Label the perfect gift this festive season to give to the ones who keep walking.
This collection features futuristic images of London, Hainan, Taipei, Mexico City, Seoul, Sydney, Bangkok, Berlin, Singapore and Mars. Discover a rich world of flavour as you are transported into this world of 2220 by scanning an NFC on the front of the bottle with your smartphone.
