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標題[奢侈]天價干邑白蘭地 1.5公升4萬歐元
時間Sun Mar 27 21:58:58 2005
[2005/03/27][工商時報/財經英文1/12版]
《新聞英語》天價干邑白蘭地 1.5公升4萬歐元
【陳穎柔譯自法新社外電】
It’s at the very top end of the luxury market, with cognac distillers
deliberately targeting the world’s richest people, many of them in Asia.
這可是位於高級市場的極頂端,起因干邑白蘭地釀酒業者特意針對全世界最富有的人
們而來,富人當中有許多是亞洲人。
One French distiller is selling its finest cognac at 40,000 euros
(54,000 dollars) a magnum, a bottle containing about 1.5 litres ...
but that comes with a 4.75-carat diamondattached.
法國一家釀酒業者的頂級干邑白蘭地每大瓶(容量約1.5公升)現售4萬歐元
(5.4萬美元),但瓶子附帶一顆4.75克拉的鑽石。
"At this moment, our cellarmaster is choosing the brandies which will be
used to make cognac in 100 years," said TimBanks, spokesman for Remy-Martin.
「此時,我們的酒窖主管正在挑選今後一百年將用來生產干邑白蘭地的白蘭地酒。」
人頭馬的發言人班克斯說。
"No other product has the luxury of waiting around for acentury before
being put on the market," he pointed out, explaining why the price wars
surrounding the brandy which isproduced only in southwest France are standing
the usual system on its head.
他指出:「沒有其他產品擁有這般上市前等候一世紀之久的奢華。」這解釋了為何
這種只在法國西南部生產的白蘭地酒的價格戰一向不與產品價值脫節。
"Cognac is 'the' luxury liquor," said Jennifer Szersnovicz, the
communications chief at Courvoisier.
「干邑白蘭地就是『這』豪華蒸餾酒。」古赫華瑟的通訊主管瑟絲諾維琪說。
The finest cognacs, always produced in strictly limited quantities, meld
the oldest and most subtle brandies with ancestral know-how, she said.
她說,產量極為有限的最上等干邑白蘭地是由歷史最悠久、最細緻的白蘭地酒結合
祖傳技術而成。
Luxury packaging highlights the prestigious character ofthe world's best
cognacs, Banks added.
班克斯補充說,豪華包裝強調世界最佳干邑白蘭地的威望身分。
Remy-Martin won fame in 1874 when it produced its Louis XIII cognac,
named after a 17th century king of France.
人頭馬在1874年出名,當時它出產以17世紀一位法國國王命名的「路易十三」干邑白蘭地。
Now, it produces 1,200 different cognacs aged for 40 to 100 years. One,
sold in a crystal decanter, goes for 1,500 euros, another for 7,000 euros; a
tiny five-centilitre(1.75fluid ounce) flask with a diamond-studded stopper
sellsfor 1,000 euros.
如今,它生產1千2百種不同的干邑白蘭地,年分在40到100年之間,以水晶瓶裝瓶的
某種賣1500歐元,同樣包裝的另一種賣7000歐元,木塞鑲有鑽石的5公勺(1.75液盎司)
小瓶一瓶賣1000歐元。
The 40,000-euro a magnum cognac, which is produced by Remy-Martin and
destined for collectors, is on sale at London's Heathrow airport, aboard the
luxury cruise liner Queen Mary II, and in Japan.
人頭馬專為收藏家生產的1瓶4萬歐元的大瓶干邑白蘭地目前在倫敦的希思羅機場、
豪華定期郵輪「瑪莉皇后二世」上和日本都買得到。
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一開始只覺得這是一篇奢扯的文章 但是我後來想
若是花了一百年的心血所釀成的酒 應該沒有人願意用很差勁的瓶子來盛裝
如果我是廣告者 我一定會說:「唯有最昂貴的水晶和鑽石,才配得上一百年的等待」
或者是 「用最上等的鑽石,向一百年的心血致敬」
所以希望大家都能像這白蘭地 經過不斷的磨練和等待
那時自然會有最好的鑽石和水晶來搭配自己的氣質
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