It takes a lot to force the city's A-list to trek out to a deserted wine cellar in Shouson Hill, but we suppose a new vintage of Dom Perignon is worth it. As champagne goes, Dom is the bomb. The brand's makers lavishly promoted their just-unveiled 1998 line with a swanky soiree on Tuesday night at Crown Wine Cellars' space, which itself is a converted war bunker in the middle of nowhere - well, near Deep Water Bay.

The theme was 'sensual', so it was red-velvet boudoir and candles everywhere, backed by lots of Karl Lagerfeld photos from the promo campaign. Those with more refined taste buds told us they still prefer the classic 1996 vintage, but since we don't know any better we just replied, 'Well, duh! As if!'

In addition to the champagne, there were plenty of other delicacies As Dom's France-based VP of corporate communication, Jean Berchon, reminded us: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald said, 'Too much of anything is not good, but too much champagne is just right'.'