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MONTECRISTO Blog: Baselworld Girard-Perregaux

Girard-Perregaux at Baselworld

Beauty, they say, is in the details. Well, at Baselworld, there is an avalanche of detail, and here is one vivid example: Girard-Perregaux, which introduced two completely new timepieces at Baselworld this year.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Baselworld

Baselworld 2014

Basel, Switzerland is, by all accounts, a quiet little town, nestled not far from the German-Swiss border. But the discreet town comes almost bursting apart at the seams when Baselworld, the largest exhibition of fine watches on the planet, descends each year.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Ramin

Ramin Mahjouri

Ramin Mahjouri is a publisher, broadcaster, producer, and journalist. He is also a poet and, now, an artist, with an amazing series of works that, as he says, “seemed to come out of the air.”

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Sailor Alex Thomson

Sailor Alex Thomson

Not for the faint of heart, and not conforming to any cultural cliché about luxury, extreme sailing on a large yacht that boasts over 500-square-metres of sail is something that Alex Thomson has dedicated a career to.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Alex Thomson's Mast Walk

Alex Thomson’s Mast Walk

Alex Thomson is not one to do anything half-mast. The extreme-sailor recently suited up to climb the 30-metre main mast of his 60-foot Hugo Boss racing yacht.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Painted Rock Winery Tasting Room

Painted Rock Winery Tasting Room

Painted Rock Winery’s tasting room is a splendid piece of architecture overlooking vineyards and Skaha Lake far below, bottle-ready for weddings, banquets, and private or corporate events.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: The Jaguar F-Type Coupe

The Jaguar F-Type

The Umbrian hills constitute an ideal place to put the Jaguar F-Type through its paces, with hairpin turns, picturesque villages, and the occasional stretch of Autostrade built into the itinerary allowing for some full-throated roaring.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Exhibition: Bulgari

Exhibition: Bulgari

Over the years, Bulgari’s archivists have made a concerted effort to re-acquire key pieces of jewellery, as they came available. Enter the de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Cook On, Le Pigeon

Cook On

Le Pigeon: Cooking at the Dirty Bird is jammed with innovative, instinctual recipes. It is almost freewheeling in its approach, thought technique and discipline of course have their place.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Chez Christophe

Chez Christophe

Chez Christophe has been open a short 18 months now in Burnaby, British Columbia. The marvels in this place abound, both in pastry and in Swiss-style chocolate.