Forbes recently published a Survivor’s Guide for the Affluent, which noted, among other things, that the wealthy are shying away from conspicuous consumption in these recessionary times. For example, they’re substituting carrots for caviar at parties and buying pricey gewgaws online instead of shopping in public. It’s safer, don’t you know?
“It’s tough out there when everyone hates you — or at least suspects you had a hand in the collapse of the global financial system, the shredding of trillions of dollars of assets and the issuance of 5 million pink slips since January 2008,” the magazine comments.
Yet if you’ve still got the scratch, you just might want to put on your dark glasses and sneak out to L2O on Thursday, June 4, when Champagne maker Olivier Krug will be pulling the corks on some exceptional vintage bubbly, with a multi-course menu designed by Chef Laurent Gras to showcase five Krug wines:
- Krug Grande Cuvée
- Krug Rosé, MV
- Krug, 1998
- Krug, 1996
- Krug, 1988
Krug, one of the finest and most historic Champagne houses, ages each wine for more than six years, waiting to release bottlings until they have reached the distinctive Krug complexity and style. A member of the Krug family has personally blended each vintage since 1843.
Tickets to the 6:30 p.m. wine dinner, sponsored by Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., are a mere $500 per person.
Hardly anything, really.
