August 2015 - Spear's Magazine

Signet rings are back in fashion for more than Hoorah Henrys

Diary: Olga Polizzi visits her hotels at home and abroad

Month: August 2015

The story of Gaggenau: headline sponsors of the Wealth Management Awards 2015

The company was founded in 1683 by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden,who established an ironworks in the town of Gaggenau. Over the years,
the "Eisenwerke Gaggenau A.G." expanded into the manufacture of agricultural machinery and consumer durables. By the 19th century, the company was producing bicycles, advertising signs and stoves, and had become an enamelling specialist.

How do you put a price on ’Parkerised’ wine?

The Wine Investment Fund talks us through the peaks and troughs of critic Robert Parker’s choicest wine (and his influence)

South Africa hasn’t gone to the dogs at the Makanyane Lodge

Makanyane Lodge takes its name from the local word for the rare 'painted dogs' which survive against all the odds in the wilds of Africa. You may see the pack charging across the golden savannah in pursuit of antelope, followed by bigger scavenging hyena aiming to steal their kill.

South Africa hasn't gone to the dogs at the Makanyane Lodge

The local 'painted dogs', after whom the lodge is named, are the perfect symbol for your perfect holiday

The Palace Hotel Tokyo offers royal service – and royal vistas

'Who watches the watchers?' has been a question asked since ancient times. In Tokyo, there is one answer. In the heart of the Chiyoda district sits the Imperial Palace, home of Japan's rulers for over 400 years. The current palace is a postwar version, but original elements survive, including a 17th-century Edo watchtower just above the Imperial moat; the watchers of the watchtower are the guests of Palace Hotel Tokyo, just across the moat.

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