MUMBAI: This month‘s ART OF LIFE experiences the best in fine food and drink.First stop is the House of Krug in Reims, France, to find out what makes this champagne so prestigious and highly prized. While traditional rivals like Cristal are attracting the hip-hop crowd, Krug remains loyal to a certain class of clientele. ART OF LIFE speaks to Olivier Krug about the family‘s champagne heritage and finds out how they maintain their cachet amid surging demand for bubbles.

CNN‘s Jenny Harrison gives chocolate another think. From its discovery more than 3,000 years ago to the present day the cocoa bean has been a highly prized commodity. Recently, chocoholics have developed a taste for high-quality cocoa beans and so-called single-estate vintage chocolates. In Europe, the Valrhona name stands out among chocolatiers as the ultimate in chocolate cachet. Art Of Life takes a trip to their chocolate making facilities in the Rhone Valley and experiences every chocoholic‘s dream as a fine chocolate taster.

The black Perigord truffle is so valuable and so rare that it‘s earned the nickname, ‘The Black Diamond‘. ART OF LIFE follows its journey from the earth to the plate with premier truffle restaurateur Clement Bruno. The program also examines why this small part of the gourmet food industry remains so shrouded in secrecy.

Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Saturday, Sept 22 at 1700hrs, 2300hrs
Sunday, Sept 23 at 1300hrs & 1900hrs
Monday, Sept 24 at 1900hrs, 2300hrs

MUMBAI: Travel + Leisure is celebrating its 1st Anniversary with 12 glorious globetrotting issues this September.

Brought to India and South Asia under licence from American Express Publishing by Media Transasia, the arrival of the edition of Travel + Leisure in India, marked the sixth international edition of the world‘s leading travel magazine. The magazine was launched with a cover price of Rs 150/-.

In line with its world wide positioning of "the largest selling travel and lifestyle magazine", the Travel + Leisure India launch has been historic in many ways. The magazine has seen an unprecedented response from the collective Indian advertising and reader communities.

The travel and Tourism Industry is on a new high as according to the data the increase in tourist inflow in India rose 15.3% & foreign-exchange earnings through tourists arrivals rose as much as 20 % over 2002‘s figure.

According to Payal Kohli, Editor-In-Chief, "At the completion of one very successful year, we are proud to have achieved the respect and the standing that Travel + Leisure enjoys worldwide as the world‘s leading travel magazine, in our region of South Asia as well. Our special first anniversary magazine is truly a collector‘s issue as we celebrate 40 Trips That Will Change Your Life and much more."

"The magazine has today touched 90000 print order with a strong advance paid subscriber base of 25,000 numbers ," said Piyush Sharma, CEO and Publisher, Travel + Leisure, South Asia.

The anniversary celebrations include a renewed thrust on marketing with a budget of Rs 50 lacs on the anniversary issue with several BTL activities in addition to the announcement of the launch of the much awaited T+L website.

The exclusive and high-class gala anniversary celebration event is scheduled for 20th of September in New Delhi with people flying in from all parts of the world.

"Travel + Leisure makes a clear departure in terms of its positioning by focusing on the "lifestyle behind the travel" rather than "the destination" as the specific editorial thrust and hence the acknowledgement of the title across world markets as the right medium for high-end luxury and lifestyle products," gushes Sharma.

MUMBAI: Following all the excitement and thrills of the inaugural FedEx Cup and the Playoffs, live returns to normal on the PGA Tour with a brand new tournament ? the $6 million Turning Stone Resort Championship, and it will be available live and exclusive only on Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel of the sub-continent

The Turning Stone Resort Championship will be the first of seven tournaments in the 2007 PGA Tour Fall Series. It will be held at Atunyote Golf Club, which hosted the 2006 BC Open after flooding in the Binghamton area nearly cancelled the tournament.

The players and the PGA Tour officials were so impressed with the golf course and the way the tournament organisers and staff hosted the event, it has now been added as an annual stop on the Tour.

Live telecast of the Turning Stone Resort Championship starts 1:30 am IST for the first three rounds starting Friday, September 21, while the final-round coverage is scheduled for 2:30am on Monday.

While the FedEx Cup may have finished, the players will start a new battle this week. With just seven events remaining, there are many who will fight to retain their cards for the 2008 season, while some will be hoping to consolidate their positions in the Money List.

Among some of the top stars in the field at Turning Stone are Europe?s number two Henrik Stenson and Daniel Chopra, the Swede who honed his skills in India.

MUMBAI: The average cricket-loving Indian wants Sourav Ganguly back at the helm. Back to where he was exactly two years ago.In an opinion poll conducted by NDTV across the four metros- Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai- and a viewers‘ poll on its website and via SMS, 58.7% of the respondents said Sourav Ganguly should once again be made Captain of the Indian cricket team, both for Tests and One Day Internationals. Only 20.3% felt master blaster Sachin Tendulkar should succeed Rahul Dravid, while 21% said wicket keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni should be given the additional responsibility of leading the team. The poll covered over 30,000 respondents.

The opinion poll also asked if there should be separate captains for Tests and one-day internationals. Again the clear choice for the ODI Captain was the ‘Prince of Kolkata‘, who got 49.3% of the votes; 27.9% were in favour of Sachin Tendulkar, and 22.8% felt MS Dhoni was cut out for the job.

For Tests too, Ganguly was the popular choice for Captain, with 48.4% of the respondents batting for him while 30.4% said Sachin was the right person and 21.2% felt Dhoni could do the job best.

Fieldwork for the opinion poll was carried out by Gfk-MODE between 15 Sept 2007 and 17 Sept 2007.

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MUMBAI: The most awaited film of the year Saawariya‘s title track ‘Saawariya‘ will be showcased exclusively on Channel [v] on Sep 15 & 16, 2007 from 8.00pm onwards.Until now the teaser promos of the movie, which is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, do not reveal Ranbir and Sonam‘s face, but viewers can catch a sneak peak into their chemistry on Channel [v].

Following this, the channel has queued up heavy promotional plans and intends to leave no stone unturned to publicise the film. Viewers will get a sneak peak into Saawariya from mid October, which will continue till the release of the movie in November. Keeping in sync with the flavour of the movie, the campaign will be designed around love. Saawariya will be promoted across various shows on the music channel. It will also be crowned as the movie of the month as well as the Movie No. 1 for October. Behind the scenes action and pre-release promotions will also include featuring the Ranbir and Sonam as [v] Hero and [v] Goddess respectively.

Special interviews of the duo will be showcased with VJs like Lola Kutty, Juhi, Neil and Gill. Along with the newbies, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali will also give an insight into the story of the film on Channel [v].

MUMBAI: Can someone finally rise to the challenge and stop Casey Stoner and his Ducati The answer to that question, being asked by millions of MotoGP fans across the world, will be on Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel of the sub-continent, when it telecasts live the thrills and spills of the Portugal Grand Prix.