Champagne Piper-Heidsieck announced the launch of its new Piper-Heidsieck 2006 Vintage Brut, which was introduced during an exclusive tasting. Hosted by Piper-Heidsieck Head Winemaker Régis Camus, guests had the opportunity to taste the full Piper-Heidsieck range including their Cuvée Brut, Rare 2002, Rosé Sauvage, Cuvée Sublime, and the winner of this year’s IWC Sparkling Wine of the Year: Piper- Heidsieck Rare 1998. The tasting finished with the introduction of the new 2006 Vintage Brut, a balanced and elegant wine

Adil Khalid - the 25-year-old Emirati hero who in 2012 became the first Arab sailor to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race - came face to face with his own ‘hero’ at this week’s F1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Adil - who has previously represented the UAE sailing laser class in the 2008 Beijing Olympics - caught up with Sir Ben Ainslie, the 36-year-old British sailing phenomenon who is the most successful sailor in Olympic history, on the deck of ADOR’s ‘Azzam’ training boat which made its own ‘star’ appearance at the Grand Prix.

 For almost 100 years, E. Marinella has been specialised in beautiful accessories for man and women. The classic brand, steeped in history and tradition, is still today renowned for its collection of handmade ties, which are the epitome of Italian elegance.   These exquisite ties can be made in what is known as the 5-fold, 7-fold or 9-fold pattern, which is a reassuring luxury the wearer can either disclose or keep as his bespoke secret.   All the ties are unique and handmade, and the silks used for each tie is different and cut to make just one tie.

 
Sir David Attenborough will launch a global crowdfunding campaign this week to save mountain gorillas.
The Indiegogo crowdfund, launched to coincide with the first ever UK Crowdfunding Day, aims to raise £110,000 by December 11 to support Fauna & Flora International’s work with mountain gorillas. 
This work fosters cooperation across national borders and empowers communities to monitor, protect and benefit from maintaining a healthy population of mountain gorillas.

 
International eXcellence looks at FITZ Partners Ltd a London-based fund research company specialising in the detailed calculations of fund fees and expenses and the delivery of Pan-European fund fee benchmarks.
 
 
FITZ Partners founder Hugues Gillibert feels lucky; at 45 years old and after 4 very successful years as Head of New ventures for a large financial data provider, he is back in the world of entrepreneurs where hard work, team effort, client focus and business partnering are a way of life!
 

Roasted Pepper, Red Onion and Rosemary Soup
Keep warm and healthy with this delicious and satisfying soup. Simple to make, lovely to look at and tasty to eat. Be nice to yourself this November and treat yourself to a bowl of this divine soup.
Serves 4
6 red peppers, de-seeded and cut into large pieces
3 red onions, peeled and quartered
3 tomatoes, halved
1tbls olive oil
1 sprig of rosemary plus 1tbls chopped needles
900 ml vegetable stock
4tsp crème fraiche
1 Preheat the oven to gas mark 6/200C/180fan

Volkswagen and the digital company Metaio have developed an augmented reality app that will instruct owners of the Volkswagen XL1 how to maintain, dismantle, repair and service their new car.
The app is called Marta and is the future of learning and instruction manuals. It combines the use of the tablet camera and the manual information to provide live instruction, in real time, as you fix your car.
Watch the video here:

 
The new robot from Unbounded Robotics is Wally mixed with Isaac Asimov’s The Bicentennial Man. The age of household robotics is here at last.
The UBR-1 will set you back a little over £22,000, which is much lower than competitive industrial robots, bringing it within reach of a high end kitchen or garage. Fancy a mechanical butler?

3D printing is set to revolutionise the way we design and create. If you are new to 3D, start reading up on it now. The way products and pretty much anything is made is about to change.
3D printers can essentially make anything that can be made out of resin and still perform its intended function.
It works in the same way that an inkjet printer does, dropping tiny particles of ink on the paper, only in 3D, using droplets of a resin like glue and building layer upon layer to form the full three dimensional shape.

 
“Majestic views of our planet, slowly expanding below, are certain to captivate you, as you ascend to the edge of space. “ World View
World View are proposing to offer passenger flights in a balloon to the outer edges of the atmosphere, or 30 km up, starting in 2016. The official boundary for space flight is 100 km, but you would still get the astronauts view of the world hanging in the void with the stars in the background.