GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s Mirko Rainier has just entered the Guinness World Records , reports Swiss public broadcaster RTS (you won’t yet find him officially listed there), for uncorking 47 bottles of champagne in one minute, using a saber. Rainier, sommelier and manager of the Atenaeo del vino restaurant in Mendrisio, canton Ticino, carried out […]
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World’s largest mille-feuilles takes Geneva pastrymakers 3.5 hours
Video: Gilles Desplanches on how to make a mille-feuille GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – 1,222 metres long, 4,207 kilos heavy and, ultimately, more than 30,000 slices: Geneva pastrymaker Gilles Desplanches decided to celebrate its 25th birthday in style by creating the world’s largest mille-feuille. Sunday at Palexpo in Geneva the giant pastry was given the thumbs up […]
Lebanese make the world’s largest wine glass
Guinness measured it and found it to be the world’s largest wine glass: 2.4 metres high and 1.65 metres wide, made by a group of Lebanese winemakers to promote their products, half of which are exported. Cheers! And good luck getting a manageable sip. For thier efforts, here’s a little information on Lebanese wines: It’s […]