The theme for this year’s ball—a fitting celebration to mark Singapore Tatler’s 35th anniversary—is all about indulging the rebel in all of us. And as intriguing as is to imagine the pomp and spontaneity that was on display, we have to savour the delectably bold feast guests were treated to.
This was evident from the first clinking of glasses, filled with the Delamotte Brut, distinctive in the dominating majority of Grand Cru chardonnay it uses in its proprietary blend, which includes only a small amount of pinot noir and pinot meunier. It helps that it is also from the fifth oldest Champagne house in Le Mesnil, regarded the single greatest Chardonnay growing village in the region.