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Registering your car in Montana can be a way to avoid taxes. Registering your car in Montana can be a way to avoid taxes.

The new Global 8000 is the first in the firm’s planned 24-strong fleet. The new Global 8000 is the first in the firm’s planned 24-strong fleet.

Stock up on La Côte aux Enfants and Vielles Vignes Française while you can, says Alice Lascelles. 

Not every prestige champagne is quite as limited edition as you might think – Dom Perignon, for example, doesn’t release figures but is believed to produce up to five million bottles a year (a figure that’s entirely feasible given its owner Moët Hennessy’s status as Champagne’s largest vineyard holder.)

If you want a real unicorn from a big name, then try Champagne Bollinger, which quietly makes a trio of collectable cuvées from some of its rarest vineyards.  

The first two wines – a champagne and a still red – come from La Côte aux Enfants, a single 10-acre plot just a few minutes drive from Bollinger’s home in Aÿ.

The first thing to note about this vineyard is it’s rather steep; about 45 degrees. When I climbed it on a rather drizzly day last month, my companions were sliding all over the place (I had chosen stoutness over style when it came to footwear, thankfully). The vineyard used to be steeper – and it’s thought that ‘Enfants’ (‘children’) is in fact a corruption of ‘Enfers’, or Hell, a nickname given by pickers who had to haul runoff soil up its treacherous chalky slopes.

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Today, the vineyard’s primary job is to provide the still red wine for Bollinger’s rosé champagnes. (Indeed, Aÿ used to be famous for its still reds, which were a particular favorite of King Henry IV). But Bollinger also releases small amounts as a standalone still wine, or Coteaux Champenois, made from fruit grown on the warmer, south-facing slope.  

With the vineyard’s wet mud drying on my boots, I tasted Bollinger’s Coteaux Champenois 2019. Made with whole cluster fruit, in the Burgundy style, it is a deep dark, red; very expressive on the nose with floral blackberry and juicy black cherry aromas. On the palate, it is generous, silky, and concentrated, with a hint of vanilla tobacco. Only produced in the best years, it retails for around £100 (approx. $133).

Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2018, which will be released in autumn, also has five percent Cote aux Enfants red wine in the mix, resulting in a gorgeously creamy, textural rosé with piquant notes of rhubarb and bittersweet orange. A serious rosé from a fabulous vintage that is destined to age well.

Fruit from La Côte aux Enfants’ cooler northern slopes is also bottled, occasionally, as a single-vineyard blanc de noirs champagne of the same name. Less than 5,000 bottles of this are produced and retail for around £1,000 (approx. $1,338).

The 2013 La Côte aux Enfants is quite racy. I preferred the 2014 which is more vinous and richer, with a sweet-and-savoury blend of leesy, almost cheesy creaminess and crystallized tropical fruits.

Not rarified enough for you? Then there’s also Bollinger Vielles Vignes Françaises, a cuvée made from two historic Bollinger plots totalling 31 ‘ares’ or just three-quarters of an acre.

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These plots are prized because they contain some of the last surviving un-grafted vines in Champagne (ever since French vineyards were devastated by phylloxera in the late 19^th century, Champagne vines have always been grafted). It’s thought that the walls around the vineyards help to give them some protection.

A typical vintage amounts to 2,000 bottles – but that figure’s falling all the time, says Bollinger’s managing director Charles-Armand de Belenet. “With climate change. winter is less cold, so the phylloxera is growing. There’s also less water, so when it’s sunny there’s a heatwave in the clos. Yield is collapsing year on year. It’s emotional every time we taste this wine as we don’t know if we will taste it in a few years.”

A while back, I had the opportunity to taste the Bollinger Vielles Vignes Françaises 2012 – it was aromatic, nutty, and spicy. The old vines also gave it great concentration; lovely notes of fruit leather, hazelnut, and membrillo. £1360 (approx. $1,820) from champagne specialists The Finest Bubble. Drink now. Don’t wait.

The 137-acre spread includes a five-bedroom main house and several guest accommodations. The 137-acre spread includes a five-bedroom main house and several guest accommodations.

This is the latest batch of these Tennessee whiskeys, aged for 10, 12, and 14 years. This is the latest batch of these Tennessee whiskeys, aged for 10, 12, and 14 years.

The legendary singer-songwriter added some finishing touches to his longtime home within the Sherwood Country Club community before trying his hand at selling again. The legendary singer-songwriter added some finishing touches to his longtime home within the Sherwood Country Club community before trying his hand at selling again.

The collection is back – and sharper than ever. 

At the start of the 1950s, Omega was quite a different company to the one we know today. It had yet to release the Speedmaster, Railmaster and Seamaster 300 – the trilogy of icons that arrived in 1957. The Seamaster existed, having been launched in 1948, but was a much more delicate number – more suited to mastering, or maybe just observing, the sea at a safe distance than venturing beneath the waves.

That’s not to say Omega hadn’t learned to make resilient watches — it had been the largest single supplier of watches to the British armed forces during World War II — but the great tool-watch boom of the late fifties and early sixties had yet to happen. Omega’s real calling card was accuracy: back then, the most ambitious watchmakers submitted their best timepieces to observatories in Kew, Geneva and Neuchatel for rigorous testing. Known as chronometry trials, they produced league tables of precision, and in a world long before the dawn of electronic or digital clocks, that meant something.

Omega had set multiple records at the trials since 1919 (and would go on to do so until they ended in the early 1970s). It had offered many chronometer wristwatches for general consumption, but had been slow to adopt automatic winding — something it rectified in 1948 with a special edition automatic chronometer to mark its centenary. It went down rather well, and the brand realised it needed something similar in its permanent collection. Hence, in 1952, the Constellation was born.

Named after the connection with the observatories responsible for carrying out the trials (astronomical activity was their primary role, as the name implies), the Constellation bore a medallion-style engraving on its caseback with a picture of the Geneva observatory underneath a starry sky. The collection became Omega’s flagship model, and as well as  honoring precision, it embodied 1950s glamour, with faceted hour markers, a so-called ‘pie-pan’ dial (thought to resemble the underside of a cooking dish) and stylish lugs — often paired with extravagant gold bracelets.

Now, after 74 years, Omega has revived the original design in a new collection called the Constellation Observatory. Spotted by keen-eyed instagrammers on the wrist of Delroy Lindo at the Oscars this year, it certainly channels the elegance and opulence of the original – particularly in the all-gold iteration sported by Lindo, which pairs a yellow gold case and dial with a matching, textured ‘brick-pattern’ gold mesh bracelet. Other versions of the 39.4mm watch include three stainless-steel models with coloured dials, and references in pink gold, white gold and platinum, alongside a stainless-steel entry-level piece, with a black ceramic dial and rhodium-plated indices.

The Constellation Observatory builds out Omega’s dress-watch offering in response to current tastes and trends, but it is also faithful to its forebear when it comes to accuracy. Since 2015 Omega has worked with METAS, the Swiss institute of metrology to certify its watches as ‘master chronometers’, a standard it developed with METAS and opened up to the entire industry (to date, only Tudor has come on board). Over the intervening decade, Omega has rolled out master chronometer status to nearly all of its mechanical watches, but certifying the Constellation Observatory presented a stumbling block.

Typically, the method of assessing a watch’s accuracy involved taking precise photographs of the seconds hand at set intervals and comparing its position against what would be expected. The Constellation Observatory, in the style of a classic 1950s dress watch, does without a seconds hand entirely, so Omega needed to come up with a new method of testing. The result was an acoustic sensor which listens to the tick-tock of the watch throughout its entire 25-day testing process (during which the watch is subjected to changes in temperature, atmospheric pressure and position). This provides not only a more complete picture of the watch’s accuracy but pinpoint analysis of when and why any deviations occurred.

It might seem anachronistic, to say nothing of philosophically intriguing — how accurate do you need your watch to be when it can only measure to the nearest minute? — but it’s indicative of Omega’s persistence and determination that no matter what it will be used for, there should not be a single watch in its range that fails to meet its standards. So if you’re late for the Oscars, or whatever your next gala might be, you’ll only have yourself to blame.

The lineup shows up a bevy of metals and colors, too, as well as two new calibers. The lineup shows up a bevy of metals and colors, too, as well as two new calibers.

Experts unpack the science behind the latest wellness supplement promising a longer, healthier life. 

From IV drips in private clinics to capsules lining the shelves of high-end wellness retailers, the molecule has been positioned as a shortcut to more energy, sharper focus, and longer-term resilience.

But beneath the sleek branding and premium price tags lies a more complex reality. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is not a new discovery; it is a naturally occurring coenzyme found in every cell of the body. What is new is the growing conversation around how NAD+ levels decline with age, and what that might mean for those navigating everything from midlife fatigue to age-related physiological changes.

Search interest in NAD+ supplements and therapies has surged in recent years, alongside the broader rise of the longevity industry, now estimated to be worth more than $25bn globally and growing rapidly. Yet while early research is promising, experts caution that the science is still evolving, and the market may be moving faster than the evidence.

To separate fact from fiction, we spoke to leading voices in the field to unpack what NAD+ actually does, who it might benefit, and whether the hype is justified.

What is NAD+?

“NAD+ is a coenzyme found in every cell,” explains Iain De Havilland, founder and global CEO of the NADclinic Group. At a cellular level, it plays a critical role in mitochondrial function – the process by which cells convert nutrients into usable energy.

Beyond energy metabolism, NAD+ is involved in DNA repair and cellular signaling pathways that help regulate how the body responds to stress and aging. “It is not a single anti-ageing solution,” De Havilland adds, “but it is a fundamental part of the biology that underpins how we age.”

Dr Suzanne Wylie, GP and medical adviser for IQdoctor, echoes this: “Simply put, it helps cells turn food into energy and supports essential processes like DNA repair, normal cell communication, and overall cellular health.”

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The growing interest in NAD+ stems largely from one key observation: levels naturally decline as we get older. This reduction has been associated with decreased energy production, impaired cellular repair, and broader metabolic changes – factors often linked to ageing.

As a result, researchers have begun exploring whether boosting NAD+ levels could help maintain health span. This has led to a proliferation of products and treatments, from oral supplements such as nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to more intensive intravenous infusions offered in clinical settings.

Who is NAD+ best for?

Despite the buzz, there is no clear-cut demographic that should be taking NAD+. “There is no universal answer,” says De Havilland. “NAD+ support is typically considered in the context of metabolic health, fatigue, aging or performance optimization, but it should not be approached as a one-size-fits-all solution.”

From a clinical perspective, however, the bar for routine use remains high. “In routine practice, there isn’t a specific ‘perfect’ candidate for NAD+ supplements,” says Dr Wylie. “Most healthy adults get enough from diet and lifestyle.”

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Dr Wylie emphasizes that the most reliable ways to support NAD+ levels – and overall health – remain foundational: regular exercise, quality sleep, balanced nutrition, and effective stress management.

For those who do choose to supplement, oral forms such as NR and NMN have the most safety data and are generally well tolerated. However, expectations should be tempered. “Some people report subtle improvements in energy, mental clarity, or exercise tolerance,” she notes, “but effects are often gradual and may not be noticeable.”

Are there any risks with taking NAD+?

While NAD+ itself is essential to human biology, actively boosting its levels – particularly through high-dose or intravenous methods — raises important questions. “This remains an evolving area of science,” says De Havilland. “The long-term effects of actively boosting levels in humans are not yet fully understood.” One of the main concerns is the gap between commercial claims and clinical evidence. “The market has moved faster than the science,” he says, pointing to supplements that promise sweeping benefits without robust validation.

Dr Wylie also highlights the difference between delivery methods. Oral supplements tend to have mild side effects, such as nausea, bloating, headaches or flushing, while intravenous treatments carry more significant risks, including vein irritation, infection, and adverse reactions during infusion.

Crucially, there is little evidence to suggest that IV therapy is more effective than oral supplementation, despite its growing popularity in high-end wellness clinics. “NAD+ is not a miracle anti-aging solution,” Dr Wylie says. Much of the strongest evidence so far comes from animal studies or small early-stage human trials, meaning claims around reversing aging or dramatically extending lifespan remain unproven.

For now, experts agree that NAD+ should be viewed as a promising, but still experimental, piece of the longevity puzzle. As the science evolves, one thing remains clear: no supplement replaces the fundamentals. Even in the most advanced wellness circles, the basics still do the heavy lifting.

Ara Arslanian custom built the beachfront home to display his vast art collection, which included contemporary works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons. Ara Arslanian custom built the beachfront home to display his vast art collection, which included contemporary works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons.