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Champagne Mumm® Transforms Aspen Luxury Home into 'Maison Cordon Rouge' for Food & Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen
ASPEN , Colo., June 13, 2006 -- Champagne Mumm is taking guest hospitality to extraordinary heights during this year's Food & Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen , June 15-18, in Aspen , Colorado . The prestigious Champagne House will transform a luxury home in downtown Aspen into a retreat where top food and wine celebrities can relax between events that span four days. Champagne Mumm's invitation-only "Maison Cordon Rouge at Aspen" -- named after its private guest house in Reims, France -- aims to roll out the red carpet for the VIPs of the culinary world by offering gourmet indulgences, relaxing spa treatments, eye-popping luxury gift bags, a Maison chef to prepare special dishes and, of course, the fine champagnes of Champagne Mumm.
"Champagne Mumm is creating an extraordinary hospitality experience for the movers and shakers of the food and wine world," said John Bradbury, U.S. Brand Director for Champagne Mumm. "Champagne Mumm is closely identified with fine dining and the professional food and wine community, and our hospitality house is a natural extension of that association. We have also developed a tremendous network of luxury partners that are joining us to offer our guests an unparalleled, relaxing experience between Food & Wine Classic events."
Open by invitation-only to the top chefs, wine authorities and other leaders and tastemakers in the world of food and wine, Maison Cordon Rouge at Aspen and its staff of chefs and service professionals will welcome their VIP guests to Aspen with a silver service of grand cru Mumm de Cramant and oysters, presented by Maison Chef James A. Corwell IV, Certified Master Chef and Executive Chef at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. Sissy Biggers and celebrity chef Ming Tsai will host an intimate gathering of food world glitterati for sushi and Mumm Cordon Rouge on the eve of the Classic. ASPEN Magazine will present a fundraising dinner for the CIA Scholarship Fund on Friday night featuring a six-course meal prepared by Chef Corwell, and featuring a unique collection of jewels by Chopard, including a stunning ruby pendant that we be auctioned off to benefit the CIA Scholarship Fund. Other items to be auctioned off include a gift certificate for spa services at Frederic Fekkai, robes from Frette linens, and a champagne immersion class taught by Karen MacNeil-Fife. Later that evening, guests will indulge in luxury desserts from artist and cake maker Jan Kish paired with Mumm Joyesse, a demi-sec champagne.
On Saturday afternoon, Wine Director Brian Duncan from Chicago , will host guests for truffled popcorn, Mumm Cordon Rouge and a showing of " Casablanca " in the comfort of the house to offer a welcome respite from the day's tastings and festivities. In the evening, an acoustic performance by the Backburner Blues Band, comprised of chef musicians featuring Bay Area chef Joey Altman, will provide a lively backdrop to a Creole barbeque, prepared by Chef Corwell, a native of Atlanta , Georgia . On Sunday, the final day of the Food & Wine Classic, celebrity chef Jacques Pepin and daughter Claudine will continue a long-standing tradition of closing the event with sabered bottles of Mumm Brut Rose paired with a pink-tinged seafood feast.
Sam Bolton of Patrick McMullan Company will serve as the House photographer for the week. Patrick McMullan Company is a full service photography and digital imaging agency established in the 1980s by Patrick McMullan. The company photographs over 50 events each week, many of which are PMC exclusives, and services images to the leading national and international publications. In addition to current events, PMC has an extensive archive, searchable by date, name and event, starting in 1980 combined PMC is a visual who's who that is an invaluable resource to the media and the individual.
To ensure that the guests of Maison Cordon Rouge at Aspen have a truly memorable experience, Champagne Mumm has collaborated with a group of exclusive luxury partners to put together celebrity gift bags worthy of the Oscars. Celebrity chefs will receive gift bags containing Imperial Jets gift certificates, Custom NFL collection team sport coats from 52nd & 5th, Graphic Images leather goods, Lobel's gourmet meats gift certificates, Moonstruck chocolates signature collection, Culinary Institute of America Master Pepper Grinders, Subtil Man Deluxe Travel Sets, Malin + Goetz grooming products and Dragon Pearl teas. Champagne Mumm will present guests who attend each event with gift bags containing items such as Boyajain Asia Oils, gourmet products from Nantucket Off-Shore, Suedy's Koo Ki chocolate sushis, custom Lilyfield Cakes, RoC Retinol Correction Day Treatment, OPI nail colors, Hollywould Shoes gift certificates, Jaqua Beauty items, Verve Music collections, Frederic Fekkai products, Annick Goutal candles, and much more. Guests will also enjoy spa services by Spa Bellagio of Las Vegas.
Centrally located in Aspen just a couple of blocks from the Food & Wine Magazine Classic, Maison Cordon Rouge at Aspen boasts stunning, unobstructed views of Aspen Mountain . The 6,000 square foot house has a gourmet kitchen, marble countertops, luxurious custom appliances and a large home theater. The house is named for Cordon Rouge®, the flagship of Champagne Mumm, noted for its grand cru vineyard pedigree and for its distinctive red sash of the French Legion of Honor across the label.
Located in Reims , France , Champagne G.H. Mumm is a leading grande marque whose reputation has been built over the past 175 years by providing connoisseurs with champagnes of distinction, character and elegance. Founded in 1827, Champagne G.H. Mumm began identifying and purchasing grand cru vineyards as early as 1840. The first acquisitions were in Verzenay and by the early 20th century, Mumm owned a total of 230 acres with holdings additionally in Cramant, Avize, Ay and Bouzy -- about half of the current portfolio. G.H. Mumm is part of the Martell Mumm Perrier Jouet Group, which is owned by Pernod Ricard. Additional information on Champagne G.H. Mumm is available at http://www.mumm.com .
About Pernod Ricard USA
Pernod Ricard USA , based in White Plains , N.Y. , is a leading producer, importer and marketer of prized spirits and wine brands in the United States and is one of the fastest growing subsidiaries of the world's # 2 spirits company and #3 wine company, Paris, France-based Pernod Ricard, S.A. The completion of Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Allied Domecq in 2005 vaulted Pernod Ricard USA to the forefront of the U.S. spirits market, doubling the company's sales value and market share. The company is now the third largest in the U.S. spirits industry by sales value and the fourth largest by sales volume in the U.S.
Pernod Ricard USA's leading brands include Kahlua®, Chivas Regal® Scotch whisky, Seagram's® Extra Dry Gin, Malibu® flavored Rum, Stolichnaya® Vodkas, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, The Glenlivet® Single Malt Scotch whisky, Wild Turkey® Bourbon, Beefeater® Gin, Hiram Walker™ Liqueurs and Martell™ Cognac, as well as Jacob's Creek® and Brancott® wines, Champagne Perrier Jouet®, Champagne Mumm® and Mumm Napa™ wines, and Pernod® and Ricard®. Enjoy Pernod Ricard's brands responsibly and in moderation.