Food and beverage

LVMH-owned Champagne brand Moët & Chandon has ventured into social video to promote its new customizable St. Valentine’s Day rosé bottles.

Toyota Corp.’s Lexus is beefing up its Engineering Amazing campaign through a partnership with American Express Publishing’s Food & Wine magazine that emphasizes the science behind cooking with a class for Harvard University students.

Luxury lifestyle magazine Robb Report is taking its mobile edition one step further and beating out competitors by becoming one of the first luxury publications to allow subscribers to read the magazine on the new Kindle Fire tablet.

Champagne brand Moët & Chandon has released a limited-edition, hand-crafted gold bottle that celebrates the history of the family brand and allows customers to personalize the bottles with a special message.

British society magazine Tatler is moving the luxury lifestyle from print to mobile through its Tatler Restaurant Guide 2011 application for the iPhone.

Upscale jewelers such as Tiffany & Co., De Beers and Cartier are tapping into consumers’ holiday spirit with festive advertisements in British magazine Tatler’s December issue that also features holiday shopping and party guides and a list of the most eligible people in England.

LONDON — Brazil, Russia, India and China are not yet having a noticeable impact on the wine, yacht or real estate industries, according to a panel discussion at the Luxury Briefing Wealth Summit 2011.

Department store Neiman Marcus unveiled its annual Christmas Book yesterday, filled with extravagant gifts such as speedboats, a Ferrari and international trips for the affluent consumer who really does have everything – and wants more.

Chocolate Week 2011 is kicking off Oct. 10 and London-based fine chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker will be using the event to increase in-store traffic to its London locations.

LVMH-owned Hennessy’s promotion of its collaboration with the artist Kaws for a limited-edition bottle resulted in 1.3 million scans of the QR code that was created as part of the campaign.