Amid the current economic recession, there has been a general downward shift from luxury spirits to medium-priced bottles, while most distributors have put the launch of new brands on hold. …
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Bernard Lewis’s new collection of essays, “The End of Modern History in the Middle East”, is an often fascinating, sometimes dull and endlessly frustrating continuation of the author’s 50-plus years …
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Michael Karam, award winning author of Wines of Lebanon and Michael Karam’s Lebanese Wines 2011: A Comprehensive Guide, and associate editor-in-chief for executive, selects his favorite full-bodied Lebanese wines. Note: …
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To say that money can’t buy taste is a truism with particular relevance in today’s luxury markets as they rebound from the global recession. Ostentatious spending is out, replaced with …
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On a Wednesday evening in downtown Beirut, Wadih Riachi is carefully explaining to an engaged group the fermentation and maceration process that goes into the Joseph Drouhin Beaune Greves …
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As the traditional source of tourist dollars dries up from the Gulf, Lebanon must look within if it is to maintain the momentum of this key driver of the country’s …
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Ford Motor Company, the grandparent of affordable Americanautomobiles, has just reaped first-quarter profits of $2.6 billion [AED 9.55billion], putting them on pace for a record year. The group’s resurgence …
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Claude Tahchy and his partner at Solicet, Tony Haswani, along with Mix FM radio station, are behind what has been touted as the event of the summer: Shakira’s first concert …
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Saudi Aramco, valued anywhere from $2 trillion to $7 trillion and employing more than 55,000 people, is the world’s largest unlisted company. How it got there is a story that …
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The sweeping social changes and revolutions rocking the Middle East and North Africa in recent months have indeed taken the world by surprise. Although many analysts and experts agree that …