Living legacy champagne

25-3-2011

Champagne House Perrier-Jouët celebrates its bicentenary with the unveiling of Bi-Centenaire Champagne, the very first living legacy champagne designed to be passed on to future generations.

The world’s first beer with pure gold flakes

25-3-2011

French brewery, i-Bière launches ’24 Carats’; the first beer containing flecks of 24 carat real gold. This beer will be an expensive one, about € 50,= per bottle of 75 cl.

 

Platform that rewards people who identify and tag products on photographs

25-3-2011

Emma Active is a new platform that rewards people who take the time to identify and tag products on photographs. Consumers tag the photos en link these products to brands and products, and are linked through to a brand page where the product can be viewed and purchased. These ‘sellsumers’ are the advertisers and will be rewarded for this.

Fitness coffee

24-3-2011

The Healthy Coffee Company is a new kind of coffee company that respects all the health benefits of coffee as well as the taste. This Italian coffee made of 100% natural ingredients, the first fresh-brewed coffee of its kind. It contains over three times the amount of anti-oxidants than green tea and it is lower in calories than the original coffee.

Voice controlled culinary app

24-3-2011

The iCookbook iPad app is specially made for chefs at home. Normally you must use your food-covered fingers to scroll through the recipes, but this app is voice controlled. You will use voice commands to follow the recipes’ steps without touching the screen.

 

Google helps its employees to lose weight

24-3-2011

In the canteens of Google, the large plates are replaced by small plates. They will fill their plates less and therefore the employees will eat less. According to Google, this can lead to a 5 to 8 kilo loss in one year time.  

Bols launches liqueur foam

23-3-2011

Lucas Bols launches the Bols Foam, which is according to the manufacturer’s, the first and only liqueur foam in the world, and is available from April. The purpose of the foam is to finish cocktails or mixed drinks, shots, wine, soft drinks, beer, coffee and desserts.

Webshop for wines served in restaurants with Michelinstars

22-3-2011

The Netherlands has a new wine website that offers only wines that are served in  restaurants with Michelinstars. The best sommeliers of the Netherlands determine the assortment of the wine website: Sterwijnenthuis.nl. By each wine is mentioned at which restaurant the wine is served.

 

 

Pop-up designrestaurant The Cube

22-3-2011

The Cube, the pop-up restaurant of Electrolux offers a combination of design, star cuisine and special locations. The pop-up restaurant will serve its first meal in Brussels from March 25 to July 3 on top of the Arc de Triomph in Jubelpark. The restaurant, provided by the Belgian chefs Bart de Pooter or Sang-Hoon Degeimbre, has one large dining table that can accommodate only 18 guests. After Brussels  the restaurant will  go to Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden.  

The WalkIN app

21-3-2011

The WalkIN app is a wonderful feature to have on a smartphone when there is a long queue at the restaurant. This app lets people reserve a table by simply scanning the QR code at the doors. You don’t have to wait in line and you will be notified when a table is ready.

 

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