3 OTT luxury drinks to splurge on in 2023: from a US$1.5 million limited-edition gold bottle of Dictador rum, to a drink at revived Parisian hotel bar Les Ambassadeurs and a Hennessy NFT
- Hôtel de Crillon’s legendary bar Les Ambassadeurs has been revived by Rosewood, and drinks come with a side of Banksy artwork and tunes spun by some of the world’s best DJs
- A bottle of Hennessy Paradis can now be gifted to others as an NFT, while rum brand Dictador is selling 24-karat gold bottles covered in art by M-City for US$1.5 million
Too busy to keep up with all the new bar openings and exciting drinks news from around the world? Allow the STYLE team to bring you up to speed with some of our highlights from the last month – from the reopening of an iconic hotel bar, to the launch of a new rum that goes for US$1.5 million per bottle.
Artistic ambassadeurs
The menu takes the form of a tourist map of some of Paris’ lesser-known neighbourhoods, with illustrations from major artistic figures including Banksy, Keith Haring and Liz Art Berlin. Les Ambassadeurs can trace its history back to the 18th century, but it’s also (cautiously) moving with the times; once a month, visitors will have the chance to sip their cocktails to the accompaniment of a DJ set from a pretty illustrious line-up of musical names, including Pedro Winter, Chloé and Agoria.
Million-dollar molasses
As you’d expect at that cost, each bottle, is 1) unique and, 2) made from 24-karat gold. They’re adorned with the work of Polish contemporary artist M-City, who creates spectacularly detailed stencil street art, portraying a city he loves, with only one bottle created for each location. Inside is what the brand describes as an “extremely aged rum”.
Dictador reports that it has already sold several bottles of M-City Golden Cities. It modestly says it intends to put an end to the series once it has sold a billion dollars’ worth of the rum (and presumably retire to a beach somewhere).