Kevin Pilley, Author at Upscale Living Magazine

Havana Club Iconica, the Luxury Collection of Cuban Rums

07/11/2020

FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

“Havana Club 1519” was created to mark the 500th birthday of the city of Havana last November. Havana Club has an extensive selection of prestige rums which form part of its “Iconica” luxury collection inclu...

Indian Wine, AIKYA

Kevin Pilley

06/10/2020

Wines + Spirits + Cigars

Could "Aikya" be the next Prosecco? Or the new Cava? Will we be celebrating Christmas, birthdays, and anniversaries by raising a flute of sparkling Indian? And toasting in the New Year with Indian Champagne?...

Hero Frangrance produced in gratitude for those on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis

Hero, A new perfume launched in gratitude for those on the frontline

Kevin Pilley

06/06/2020

Men Fashion, STYLE, Women Fashion

Fragrance producer Nineteen Symrise has launched a new perfume, “Hero” in gratitude to those on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis. It has been produced by an international collective. Specially created...

Naga Chilli Vodka, The Hottest Drink Out There

Kevin Pilley

06/05/2020

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

The hottest drink out there is. At 50,000 Scovilles, the UK’s Hot Enough Company’s Naga Chilli Vodka is made from the infamously hot Naga Jolokia or Ghost chili from Myanmar and Assam. A true winter warmer, ...

The Luxury Concentrated Mouthwash from Floris London

Kevin Pilley

05/26/2020

Health + Wellness, STYLE

London is still the gargling capital of the world. And the place for quality mouth wash and fresh breath. And has been for almost three hundred years. “Floris,” founded in 1730 by Menorcan Juan Famenias Flo...

Maker Dhavall Gandhi from The Lake District Distillery

Drinking The Lake District, The World’s Best Drinks

Kevin Pilley

04/22/2020

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

Move over William Wordsworth. And Beatrice Potter. An Indian whiskey-maker has produced “The World’s Best Vodka” and turned the UK’s Lake District into a very spiritual and even more creative and artistic regi...

Midleton Very Rare unveils Ireland’s Oldest Whiskey

Kevin Pilley

04/21/2020

FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

Would you pay 35,000 Euros for a bottle of whiskey? Or even E1,200 for a shot. Also, is it the oldest Irish peated whiskey ever released? Would you splash out on something some connoisseurs think smells of old...

Three of the World’s Most Expensive and Innovative Gins

Kevin Pilley

04/20/2020

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

For unparalleled luxury, unrivaled extravagance, and the ultimate in gin-upmanship, this Christmas and New Year, your drinks cabinet must showcase the work of British master distiller, William Lowe. He pro...

The Chapel Gate Whiskey brings back the lost flavor of Irish Whisky

Kevin Pilley

04/20/2020

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

"We have resurrected a nineteenth-century business model for the 21st century," says Louise McGuane, founder of Co Clare's award-winning Chapel Gate Irish Whiskey Company on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. "We...

Sakari Life’s Beauty Chocolates, a rejuvenating agent

Kevin Pilley

04/20/2020

Beauty, LIFESTYLE, STYLE

It's what we have all been waiting to hear Chocolates are good for you. And can help with mindful living and glowing skin. Sakari Life's Beauty Chocolates are not only comfort food but also a health supplement...

Canaima, the Amazonian Gin

Kevin Pilley

03/20/2020

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

“Botanicals” have almost become a cliché. With hundreds of artisanal distillers producing hand-crafted field-to-bottle spirits and trying to out-botanical, out-locally source and out eco-friendly each other, a ...

All-Purpose Caviar, The next “In-Look” is predicted to be the sturgeon roe one

Kevin Pilley

03/14/2020

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Gourmet

Anyone who wants to be someone has to have an on-trend, enviably luminous complexion which radiates high-end caviar. Finnish and Siberian, as well as Beluga "Huso Huso" sturgeon caviar, can be your skin's be...

gold cellular age restore face cleanser, Ila product

ILA Spa, the perfect Natural and Organic Skin Care product

Kevin Pilley

01/12/2020

Health + Wellness, STYLE

What’s good enough for Natalie Portman, Gwynneth Paltrow, Kashmiri miners, Amazonic women, the UAE royal family, and the Hunza tribe of Pakistan should be good enough for anybody. Are you looking for a palpa...

Christmas Pudding Gin

Kevin Pilley

11/25/2019

Cocktails, Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Christmas Pudding. In a glass. “To make PUD PUD Gin” we put Hertfordshire made Christmas puddings into the still with juniper and fresh orange peel. The flavor is the...

Noble Isle, Britain in a Bottle

Kevin Pilley

11/17/2019

Homes + Interiors, LIFESTYLE

The toiletries and home fragrance industries are tough businesses. You need to have a thick skin if you are going to make it in shower gels and hand lotions and persuade people to have their bodies and homes s...

Author Kevin Pilley