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Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Visiting Chateaux in Bordeaux has been a revelation and not at all what we expected. Many houses are actually quite young businesses, and both new and established labels are investing heavily in a forward-looking c…
Chateau Cos D’Estournel, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Chateau Cos D’Estournel is one of the oldest and most respected producers in Bordeaux. Known as one of the ‘super seconds, the premium wine produced at Chateau …
Sweeping views across the neighbouring golf course and surrounding leafy hills welcome guests to The Dining Room at Cameron Highlands Resort. As night takes over, soft candlelight warms the room and the flickering light reflects in the glass windows that earli…
Wine and Cognac Paired Dinner Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall We are being exquisitely hosted at the elegant Chateau Lamothe-Bergeron by Chateau director and wine maker Laurent Mery, who epitomizes Gallic charm while also teaching us a little ab…
Soft piano music and the sounds of a cascading water feature unite to lay a leisurely background track to The Jim Thompson Tea Room at Cameron Highlands Resort. Open windows welcome in crisp hilltop air as well as frame lush pines between which are viewed the rollin…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Our arrival to the Chateaux Lamothe-Bergeron could not have been better. We are greeted with a simple and charming dejeuner au champetre, with Pyrenees cheeses, saucisson froid, fruits d’ete, baguette, ril…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Monica and I delighted in a petit sejour in Cognac and the surrounding countryside courtesy of H Mounier and Hardy Cognac. Our journey here began one afternoon in Rendez-Vous, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur where we met t…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Once again we are enjoying the company of two entertaining French gentlemen for dinner. Tonight’s companions are the humorous Jean-Luc Lebault, who has recently joined H. Mounier to lead their travel retail div…
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall Ever indecisive about where to go for a special meal? If, like me, you end up trawling the internet for hours, checking out various menus, reviews and seeking friends’ opinions before choosing one of KL’s thousands o…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall As part of our discovery of Cognac, we are enlightened on the importance of the barrel in the development of the spirit. Barrel making is an ancient art around the world and barrels are used for the development of ma…
La Gabarre Dame-Jeanne Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall There are few more pleasant ways to while away an afternoon than to spend a few hours on a boat. Whether sea, lake or river, time on the water is one of my favourite pastimes. Learning more ab…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Set on the banks above La Charente, with views cascading down through verdant green trees this charming residence captures our imaginations from the moment we catch sight of it. Originally a folly from the 19th Ce…