The Modern Spirit
The drinks world has gone gourmet, and that goes for spirits too – no longer are strait-laced vodkas, gins and bourbons enough. Take Oak by Absolut – a vodka that’s been oak-aged in toasted barrels and bourbon casks. It’s launching in the UK soon, but to be one of the first to add it to your home cocktail bar, pick up a bottle on your way through Gulf states’ Duty’ Free, or Stateside, try it in chic IA bar concoctions.
The Rice Terraces
Undulating, green steps dug into the hills, Bali’s rice terraces are one of the world’s great farming feats, and a mecca for serious foodies. Explore them, along with fragrant coffee and banana groves, on a day trip from Hotel Mulia Bali. Based as it is in postcard-perfect, creamy sand-lined Nusa Dua, you’re able to visit the terraces by morning, beach-laze by afternoon – and, naturally feast on nasi goreng, Indonesia’s moreish national rice dish, by night.
The Beach-Club Cheers
You haven’t truly arrived in Saint Barth until you’ve arrived at Nikki Beach. And lounging by teal surf on white sunbeds by day, and dining at candlelit tables by night, just isn’t quite right without a glass of champagne. And you are on holiday after all: so plump for the subtly briochey, full-bodied Armand de Brignac. Leonardo DiCaprio’s a fan, and has also been known to drop by…
