It’s no secret that HINT is the drink of choice for many celebrities. Take a “Hint” from many celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Blake Lively and Jennifer Love Hewitt who sip HINT Flavored Water to quench their thirst without the carbs, calories, sugar or sodium.

With thirteen delicious flavors, this simple, healthy, light and delicious beverage is a great way to start off a new year … including to help take care of that hangover! Additional celebrity fans include: Kellan Lutz, Miley Cyrus, Lauren Conrad and so many more!

HINT was launched in 2005 and was developed in response to the growing onslaught of sugary juices and sodas.

The driving force behind Hint is Kara Goldin who is both the founder and CEO. Kara is a mother of four and her initial purpose was to develop a refreshing, unsweetened and no calorie beverage to give to her own family.

The Hint slogan is – “Drink Water, Not Sugar.” The primary message is quite simple, offer a great tasting water without all the unnecessary additives.

Kara Goldin stated, “Hint is changing the beverage environment by demonstrating that ‘all natural’ and ‘best tasting’ go hand in hand.”

Goldin continued, “It’s all about simple great tasting choices. Consumers are tired of complicated functional claims and they don’t want to worry about preservatives and other artificial ingredients. They want a simple drink that tastes good.”

The fresh taste of HINT water helps drinkers stay hydrated and healthy, while helping avoid the empty calories and over abundance of sodium in today’s many diet drinks.

At the recent Jingle Ball 2009 concert hosted by Z100 in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on December 11th, many of the performers were enjoying their favorite flavor of HINT backstage.

For more information and where to purchase, go to HINT

The world’s oldest maker of tequila is Jose Cuervo and the company is celebrating 250 years with the Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario bottle.

Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario is limited to only 495 bottles.

Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario come available in hand blown decanters and a custom box. Each box also includes a reproduction of the Spanish land grant for the original Cuervo agave plantation.

So what amount would you pay for a really good bottle of tequila? Tequilas that sell for above $15 to $20, are often called “premium tequilas” or “sipping tequilas”.

More pricier tequila brands include Patron, Don Julio, Partida game of “super premiums,” “ultra-premiums,” and lately the new label is being touted as “luxury tequilas.”

Regardless of what you want to call the new Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario, one thing is known for sure. It’s very pricey.

You can purchase one of these limited bottles for an eye popping $2,250.00 for a 750 ml bottle.

The Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario commemorates the start of Cuervo’s Tequila production and the launch of ten generations of Cuervo family tradition. Back on November 2, 1758 – Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo purchased the very first plot of land to begin cultivating Agave.

And the rest …. is history.

For more information, go to Jose Cuervo

The Erte Collection – Courvoisier

The Erte Collection from Courvoisier combines two of the greatest pleasures in life – outstanding cognac and the eternal beauty of art.

This unique collection was created exclusively by the master of “Art Deco” – artist Erte.

The poor economic slow-down may have consumers scaling down this holiday season, but the Erte Collection from Courvoisier offers a timeless luxury “wish-list” gift item that possesses a priceless beauty and decadence that is sure to inspire your readers.

Originally released in the early 90s, the Complete Erte Collection and individual bottles from are now available in very limited quantity.

When these last bottles are sold – there will not be any more released, making this a truly unique collectors item that will appreciate in value in the coming years…

The Collection and individual bottles from the collection are available to a lucky few and could make for an incredible:

* Over-the-top and extravagant gift (i.e. Winter Holidays, Valentines, Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Any time…)
* Uniquely decorative collectors item that will appreciate over time
* The ultimate indulgent self-purchase

The Erte Collection is absolutely stunning and designed by one of most well know and innovative designers of the last century, The Master of Art Deco, Erte. I have included a photo of the bottles to give you a sense of this collection’s unique beauty.

Because items by the legendary designer Erte have become highly collectable, and because this was an unprecedented collaboration between an artist and a House of Cognac, I thought you might be particularly interested in hearing more about it. This is a one-of-a-kind collectable that any spirits aficionado, collector or design lover would die for.

This fabulous and extremely rare collection (see photo above) was originally designed in the 1980s by famed Art Deco artist and fashion illustrator – the Master, Erté

* Each Courvoisier Erte Collection includes 7 bottles with each image representing a different step in the cognac making process
* There are a limited number of bottles available worldwide.
* The extraordinary Cognac blend housed in these decanters is the Grande Champagne cognacs, the oldest dating back to 1892: the year of Erté’s birth
* Collection Price: $10,000
* Individual Price/bottle: $1,450

The collection or individual bottles can be ordered by calling 1-877-SPIRITS or visiting www.courvoisier.com

Made from Cascade Mountain water in Oregon, Star Vodka is the latest luxury alcohol to hit the market. Star Room nightclub owner Charles Ferri is the maker of this luxury vodka named Star Vodka.

Star Vodka is a gluten-free luxury vodka that’s actually hard to get a hold of. Even the rich and famous have to wait their turn.

Why? Because Charles Ferri wants to ensure that there’s only a limited number of batches. Ferri’s goal is to be the highest quality and smoothest vodka on the market today.

Star Vodka uses the finest grain available to produce the gluten-free vodka. Star Vodka is made at a micro-distillery in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

Star Vodka is carefully filtered five times through organically cooled lava rock.

You will be able to taste Star Vodka at various events across the country, including one on August 23 at Grassmere Farm in New York’s Hamptons.

Star Vodka will sponsor an event with the ASPCA Equine Fund. The event will be hosted by Kelly Ripa.

Nothing says you have arrived than drinking a fine martini? Have you every noticed how wonderful you feel when you are drinking one with your friends or business colleagues?

The Martini cocktail is not just a drink – it’s a bartending mystery. The origination of a martini is still not fully known. It seems that everything about the Martini is up for debate – its history, its ingredients, its preparation, even its folklore.

The sleek, sexy cylinder reaching up to cup a sexy, upside-down skirt-shaped figure tends to almost have a seductive look. And certainly when you hold this pretty lady, you are instantly drawn into a festive party mood.

The stylish martini glass is in a class of its own. Its elegant and refined style makes it the most popular choice when it comes to glassware and barware in the world.

Do you feel like the popular cliche image known by most when holding a martini glass served with green olives? Well now you have many choices it seems when it comes to martini cocktails, adding maraschino cherries, lemons, limes, oranges and chocolate to the mix.

Serving a great tasting martini requires a special mixture of ingredients. The most popular way to serve this type of cocktail is with an olive. However, many are now experimenting with chocolate, cherries and even citrus fruit. There are no engraved rules.

What is the best way to serve a martini? Some like it shaken and others prefer it stirred in a chilled glass. In the past, the drink was served as a mixture of gin and white vermouth.

A very chilled martini glass still applies when serving the martini cocktail. Ask any bartender and they will tell you that the colder it is, the more delicious it will taste.

Even though the ingredients seem to be changing as people discover new ways to serve a delicious martini, the manner of serving them in frosty glass will never change. Bartenders admit that the secret to a perfect cocktail is to use a shaker and always keep the glass ice cold.

Most bartenders use stainless steel shakers as the mixing tool of choice. Once all the ingredients are added, the bartender shakes the mixes together and out comes a ready-made martini perfect for any occasion.

Mixing the ingredients together in a shaker is a great way to blend the ingredients together. However, most bartenders will tell you that vigorously shaking the contents releases oxygen into the cocktail giving it a finer and smoother taste.

Some say one of the best-kept secrets to making a great tasting cocktail is to never let the drink turn warm. This is why they are always served in an ice-chilled glass.

Ultra premium DeLeon Tequila was appropriately launched during Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican national holiday.

The official launch happened at an exclusive party at the luxury Hollywood hotel Chateau Marmont. This premium spirit comes in an elite, crafted bottle and made in black glass by one of the finest world’s glass makers.

The bottle is topped with an iconic metal top. The master of the top was hand-carved by jewelry designer – Bill Wall.

DeLeón Tequila is produced in the highlands of the Purisima del Here village. A family has tended their fabrica here on the most pristine and ideal agave land possible. The location is ideal, situated in a mountainous region, rising higher than 7,500 feet above sea level.

DeLeón Tequila will be limited to just several sites, including Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, and Miami.

International cities will include Hong Kong, Dubai, Macau, San Tropez and Monte Carlo.

DeLeon Tequila will initially be available in two 750 ml. varieties: the Diamante MSRP ($134.99), and the ultra smooth Reposado ($149.99).

Source: Tequila

The Sazerac—another bar gem of French extraction—is sometimes referred to as America’s first cocktail.

A Sazerac cocktail is an exquisite blend drink mixed with cognac and bitters.

The Sazerac was created by Creole immigrant Antoine Peychaud in New Orleans’ French Quarter in the 19th century, and has since been dubbed the “iconic drink of New Orleans” by food and drink expert John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance.

In contemporary New Orleans, the definitive version of the Sazerac can be found in the oiled-wood Library Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton, where bartender-supreme Chris McMillan is known for mixing the finest of southern cocktails.

For those who enjoy the sensation of “drinking a flower,” Chris also makes an exceptional Ramos Gin Fizz, a sweet and frothy cocktail whose creation requires about three minutes of shaking, so that its egg whites blend perfectly with the orange blossom water.

Here’s how you make one:
1 teaspoon of simple syrup (or 1 sugar cube or 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar)
3 – 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
2 ounces rye whiskey (most New Orleans bars use Old Overholt)
1/4 teaspoon Herbsaint, a New Orleans brand of anise liqueur
(You may use Pernod, or some other pastis or absinthe substitute)
Strip of lemon peel

The traditional method: Pack a 3-1/2 ounce old fashioned glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, moisten the sugar cube with just enough water to saturate it, then crush. Blend with the whiskey and bitters. Add a few cubes of ice and stir to chill. Discard the ice from the first glass and pour in the Herbsaint. Coat the inside of the entire glass, pouring out the excess. Strain the whiskey into the Herbsaint coated glass. Twist the lemon peel over the glass so that the lemon oil cascades into the drink, then rub the peel over the rim of the glass; do not put the twist in the drink. Or, as Stanley Clisby Arthur says, “Do not commit the sacrilege of dropping the peel into the drink.”

Recipe from Gumbopages.com

Leon Verres has created “Le Billionaire Champagne”, which is the most expensive and most exclusive Champagne of all time.

A fashion designer has dressed the bottle and adorned it with several hundred sparkling diamonds.

A Russian fur cap, the so-called “Shapka”, additionally underscores the czaristic glory of “Le Billionaire Champagne” and adds the Salmanazar-bottle of this series a breathtaking countenance.

If you want a bottle of Le Billionaire Champagne, it may be difficult to obtain one. Richy billionaires from Russia, Dubai and China have already saved exemplars of the exclusive Champagne of Leon Verres, so that only one exemplar of the precious Salmanazar-bottles is still available. Too bad the price is a whopping $2.75 million.

If that’s outside your budget range, then you many want to purchase a less expensive version of the world’s most expensive champagne – the 0,75 l edition. It’s a relative bargain at only $2,750.

If you hurry, you can actually bid on a .75 mil bottle at BillionaireXchange.com Starting bid price is only $1,000 !

For more info: http://www.leonverres.com/

eBay is one of the biggest success stories on the Internet. What if you don’t want a porcelain cat or used pair of jeans, but are in the market for hard to find luxury items? The answer is the BillionaireXchange.

The BillionaireXchange is the world’s first online auction and trade site for luxury items. They are the first international auction and exchange site for the affluent. BillionaireXchange draws wealthy buyers from all over the world searching for high-end luxuries, either for sale or auction.

Browsing the classy site, you will find an amazing variety of luxury items, covering the following categories: Arts & Antiques, Luxury Vehicles, Boats & Yachts, Luxury Real Estate, Jewelry & Watches, and Places & Helicopters.

At the time of this writing, some of the premier luxury items available include mansion estates owned by basketball star Shaquille O Neal and Hall of Fame football quarterback Dan Marino, a St. Regis Penthouse in San Francisco, 2008 Riviera Sport Yacht 4700, 2007 Murcielago LP640 Coupe car, and a 2004 Dassault Falcon 900c jet.

Registering on the site is simple and easy process, designed to screen for unqualified and/or undesirable elements. Once registered, members of The Xchange can buy, sell, bid-on, auction, and or exchange luxury items from all around the world.

If you are looking for trading your luxury items, then BillionaireXchange can help you too. Imagine trading your upscale mansion in Beverly Hills, California for an elegant Chateau in France. How about trading your antique custom Rolls Royce for a new model Bentley. For wine connisieres, exchange a bottle of your best 1802 Chateau Lafitte for a bottle of 1947 Cheval Blanc. The possibilities are countless. So, ask yourself, “What is the luxury object of your heart’s desire?

To be successful, the management team of BillionaireXchange strongly believe in protecting the integrity of the luxury brands for auction, as well as offering secure escrow transactions. They partnered with industry leading Safefunds to provide escrow services for both buyer seller transactions.  By offering this service, the company provides its members with piece of mind in either buying or selling these desirable, high ticket items online.

BillionaireXchange is headquartered in Miami Florida, but has an aggressive plan to expand internationally. They are moving forward with opening new offices in Beverly Hills, China, Germany, Dubai and the U.K. The company believes it’s critical to have representation in these key, global areas.

So what are you waiting for? Your luxury dream is now only a click away.

Double Cross Vodka

With the massive amounts of vodka for sale on the market, a company has to be creative about how their product looks in order to grab your attention. The bottles are getting to be more and more unique and now Double Cross Vodka has launched with yet another design award winner.

Double Cross Vodka is unique in that it’s been distilled seven times and filtered through diamond dust. Apparently this filtration leaves an exceedingly tasty vodka that hints at white pepper and lemon zest.

This vodka out of Slovakia has already won Double Gold for bottle design but there hasn’t been any mention of it winning anything for taste. Very little is known about it’s makeup right now as the press release is pretty thin on details, except for how proud they are of it’s design.

Veuve Clicquot has a thing about teaming up with high-end renowned brands to offer exceptional indulgences for champagne enthusiasts, time and gain.

Following Globalight’s success, now they have collaborated with Italian yacht maker Riva to unveil the La Grande Dame by Riva Collection. Since popping a bottle of champagne while cruising through serene waters is mandatory (at least I think it is), this luxurious set includes the Cruise Collection, Cruiser Bag, and ice bucket for intoxicating celebrations.

While the Cruise Collection, a “made to measure” piece contains 4 bottles of La Grande Dame 98, 2 magnums of La Grande Dame 88, 6 champagne flutes Riedel and 6 water tumblers, plates, table mats and cutlery, the Cruiser Bag, a limited edition of 300 pieces only, contains a bottle of La Grande Dame 98 and two champagne flutes.

For $80,000, you can dare to spoil yourself with the Cruise Collection. And that much sum hits you hard then you can get high with the Cruiser Bag for $425 only.

If you are planning a bash to celebrate your darling’s birthday or a multimillion dollar business venture on your luxurious yacht over the Mediterranean waters, then the Cruise Collection will agree with the occasion for sure.  Source