Mendis Second Bottle

The second bottle of Mendis Coconut Brandy released by The House of Mendis, signed, dated and numbered by the founder of Mendis, Mr. W.M.Mendis, whom founded The House of Mendis in 1947. The second bottle is owned by Janis Carter, the first bottle was released for $1,000,000.

Luxury Experiences by Luxe Coterie

The other week we mentioned news of our new “Experiences” packages that are being developed by Luxe Coterie to provide unique fine Experiences that Mendis Coconut Brandy will be exclusively available through. Luxe Coterie will be releasing details of its first Experiences on offer in the coming month; the first Experiences will consist of two packages that have been arduously personally tailored from the most exclusive of private residences on offer. Each Experience offers private jet access departing from any of our five private air strips, flying out from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and New York City.

These packages are all inclusive luxury excursions with a focus on rest and relaxation at a fine private residence, tailored with a rare Mendis experience and access to Coconut Brandy that cannot be offered anywhere else in the world.

More details will follow in the coming weeks. Experiences by Luxe Coterie will be available October 2009 via www.luxecoterie.com, to purchase your Experience you can call a Luxe Coterie agent toll free at 1 800 808 9596 come October.

Luxury Travel

Luxe Coterie forms partnership with Premier Luxury Rentals to offer private luxury travel packages with a complimentary $40,000 Mendis Gold Bottle awaiting the traveler at their exotic destination. Private Jets, Private Islands, Exotic Cars, Mega Luxury Yachts with personal security, service and travel! Coming October 2009 www.luxecoterie.com.

Online store opening October 2009, handled exclusively by Luxe Coterie. Mendis Coconut Brandy will exclusively be available online through Luxe Coterie's online store. Coconut Brandy ONLY available in the United States through Luxe Coterie with purchase of a luxury travel package.

Luxe Hunt Winner

Congratulations to Michael Connery who located and secured the Luxe Hunt sticker and won the 6th bottle in the world of Mendis Coconut Brandy that is signed, dated and numbered by myself.

I had a chance to talk to Michael as we chauffeured him in our Mercedes S550 to his home. Michael is an avid collector of fine spirits, along with being a highly educated critic and member of a Whisky group in New York. Michael deservingly won the 6th Bottle of Mendis Coconut Brandy, getting up early the morning of Luxe Hunt to follow all our clues and rush around Manhattan to be the first person to locate and secure the Luxe Hunt sticker.

We would like to thank all those that took the time to participate in Luxe Hunt New York City 2009.


Chris S. Richardson

Luxe Hunt Map

Luxe Hunt New York City is only days away and with it comes the release of our new collection, the ML Gold Collection, that one lucky person will win one of the bottles from. The ML Gold Collection is our third official release of Mendis Coconut Brandy and second collection release.

The ML Gold Collection consists of our 5th and 6th bottles to be released of Mendis Coconut Brandy sealed in pure gold leaf, in addition to being the 5th and 6th production bottles of "Coconut Brandy" to be released in the United States, licensed by the federal government for sale as Coconut Brandy. Both bottles come signed, dated and numbered by myself.

The winner of Luxe Hunt will receive the 5th bottle from the ML Gold Collection that will come in its own presentation case. For security purposes, the winner will be chauffeured to their destination of choice in New York City after receiving their prize.

To win the bottle, you need to find a sticker bearing the Luxe Hunt logo, that we have hidden somewhere in New York City. To make this task easier for you we will be providing clues as to the whereabouts of the sticker via twitter. Given the traveling times in New York we will be spacing out the clues to approximately 20 minute increments, with each clue narrowing down the search area to the specific location. We will also have the Luxe Hunt street team out and about on the streets of New York, though this will not be the traditional street team as I will be showcasing the actual $100,000 gold bottle on the streets with personal security to make sure it doesn’t get into the wrong hands before the winner takes possession of it.

Though remember, to get the clues you must be following us on twitter, if you can’t follow us on twitter while being mobile, we will be providing the same clues via a sign on the street, so find us and you will get the clues as we work our way closer to the actual location.

Good Luck and remember the clues start at 9a.m. this Thursday via twitter, the street team will be hitting the street at 8:30a.m. and we will be posting where we are on twitter also.

Angels Share International and Luxe Coterie/Mendis sign Exclusive US Wholesaler Agreement

On July 14, Luxe Coterie Incorporated, the company assigned by Mendis International, Inc. to exclusively handle the distribution and sale of Mendis Coconut Brandy in the U.S., has signed an exclusive wholesaler agreement with Angels Share International to distribute Mendis Coconut Brandy in the U.S. market.

In line with this agreement, Angels Share International will exclusively wholesale/distribute Mendis Coconut brandy, under its wholesaler license, to Luxe Coterie. Luxe Coterie will exclusively retail Mendis Coconut Brandy.

With this unique exclusive wholesale/retail structure developed, Mendis Coconut Brandy will only be available through our own Mendis retail stores or our online store that is in development. Mendis' world first category of “Coconut Brandy” will not be available for sale to any other distributors or retailers outside our exclusive retailer, Luxe Coterie.

About Angels Share International: Angels Share International is a global luxury lifestyle company creating bespoke offerings in wine, spirits and luxury travel. The legendary restaurateur, wine and food critic Mark Russo founded Angels Share.


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Luxe Hunt Looms Over New York City

Luxe Hunt New York City is looming upon us, with just under two weeks to go till the hunt is officially opened. During the morning of Luxe Hunt myself and our street crew will be hitting the streets in New York City promoting the event and handing out exclusive Mendis shot glasses, so be sure to come up to us to get your free glass.

We will also be showcasing on the streets of New York the actual $100,000 Mendis Gold Collection bottle, so watch out for us to catch a look at this truly exquisite bottle. In addition, keep an eye out for our Black S550 Luxe Hunt Mercedes that will be driving around NYC with our street team.

Next Friday we will release details of how the clues will work. New York is a big city and we want to give you time to get to our clues, therefore, we will be releasing them in a certain procedure to make it easy for everyone to make it around in a fair time frame to get to the final area where we will eventually disclose the exact location of the sticker. The person that locates and secures this sticker will win Mendis' $100,000 Gold Collection Bottle and be chauffeured to their destination of choice in New York City in the official Luxe Hunt Mercedes.

Luxe Hunt campaign strategy

We have decided to move the Luxe Hunt to August 27th, 2009, to coincide with the last weekend of summer; so New York can end summer with something to remember. Although the main event of the Luxe Hunt is locating the sticker to win the $100,000 Mendis gold sealed bottle, it is also about providing one lucky person the feeling of the luxe life and having something that is only afforded for a select few. The person that locates and secures the sticker, ultimately winning the $100,000 bottle, will be escorted from the location where the sticker is found in a luxury car; to make the feeling of winning extra luxurious.

This is one of our most bold and exciting events ever hosted by us. Here at Mendis we try to differentiate ourselves not just by our unique one of a kind product, but also by how we go about promoting and presenting Mendis Coconut Brandy.

The Luxe Hunt campaign is focusing on street level word of mouth hype. Although we have already released details of the Luxe Hunt, we are not planning on the release of news about this event to the media to stir any appeal. This campaign is about the day of the event and what we have install to invigorate people on the street level to get involved.

Just what our street level campaign is you will have to wait till the day of the Luxe Hunt, though don’t forget you can get pre-event info via twitter.com/luxehunt.

Win a $100,000 Bottle of Booze in a Twitter Scavenger Hunt

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Hunt for $100,000 bottle hidden in New York City

PRNewswire

NEW YORK, July 22 -- Luxe Coterie, Inc., today released details of its Luxe Hunt campaign on the website www.luxehunt.com
. On the morning of August 21st, 2009, the official sticker bearing the Luxe Hunt logo will be placed somewhere in New York City, NY. The individual that locates and secures this official Luxe Hunt sticker will win a rare bottle of Mendis Coconut Brandy, valued at $100,000 USD. This particular bottle is signed, dated and numbered by the founder of Mendis International, Mr. Chris Richardson, and sealed in pure gold leaf.

Official Luxe Hunt clues to the location of the official Luxe Hunt sticker will be provided via Twitter (www.twitter.com/luxehunt), commencing at 9:00 a.m. EST on August 21st, 2009.

Once the winner locates and secures the official Luxe Hunt Sticker they will be personally escorted in a secure car first to meet with the founder and receive their prize then chauffeured to their destination of choice in New York City.

For rules and details please visit the official Luxe Hunt website www.luxehunt.com.

About Mendis Coconut Brandy:

The House of Mendis is the world's first company to be granted Coconut Brandy category approval with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The “Mendis Million Dollar Bottle” is the first bottle of Coconut Brandy.

For more information visit http://www.mendisbrandy.com/

About Luxe Coterie:

The design house of Luxe Coterie is the world's first high end alcohol/jewelry company. Luxe Coterie is exclusively licensed to fashion exquisite pieces of fine jewelry under the Mendis Luma (ML) brand along with limited-run, individually numbered bottles of Mendis Coconut Brandy.

For more information visit http://www.luxecoterie.com/

For Press inquiries, please contact:
Billy Yip
Luxe Coterie, Inc.
byip@luxecoterie.com
Ph. (917) 399 5040

Happy Million Dollar Birthday Sir Richard Branson

Press Release

Rare Million Dollar Bottle of Brandy makes Sir Richard's birthday more luxurious

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- Luxe Coterie, Inc. hopes Sir Richard Branson's 59th birthday is made more luxurious and unique with his Million Dollar Bottle of Mendis Coconut Brandy. The Million Dollar Bottle is the first production bottle of coconut brandy released by The House of Mendis and the world's first bottle approved for sale as coconut brandy by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The bottle comes signed, dated and numbered as the first bottle by the founder of The House of Mendis, Mr. W.M. Mendis, whom founded Mendis back in 1947.

Luxe Coterie also announced today the launch of its Luxe Hunt campaign (www.luxehunt.com), promoting the launch of its new ML Gold Collection; consisting of the 5th and 6th bottles in the world of Mendis Coconut Brandy sealed in pure gold leaf and signed, dated and numbered by the founder of Mendis International, Chris S. Richardson.

The Luxe Hunt is being held in New York City on August 21st 2009, where a Luxe Hunt sticker has been hidden. Clues as to the location of the sticker will be provided on twitter.com/luxehunt. When the winner finds the official Luxe Hunt sticker they will be escorted in a security car to receive their prize then chauffeured to their destination of choice in New York City. Winner will receive the 5th bottle from the ML Gold Collection that has an RRP of $100,000.00 USD.

On July 14th, Luxe Coterie signed an exclusive wholesaler agreement with Angel's Share International, a global luxury lifestyle company creating bespoke offerings in wine, spirits and luxury travel. Under the wholesaler agreement, Angels Share International will act as Luxe Coterie's exclusive wholesaler in the U.S. for Mendis Coconut Brandy and Mendis Signature Premium Collections. Retailers and wholesalers can contact Angels Share International for inquiries regarding stocking Mendis Coconut Brandy Collections.

For press inquiries, please contact: Billy Yip
Luxe Coterie, Inc.
Ph: 917 399 5040
Email: byip(at)luxecoterie(dot)com

For additional brand information visit:
www.luxecoterie.com
www.mendisbrandy.com

Luxe Hunt launch

Short post today after a busy week with much more work to be attended to. Luxe Hunt (www.luxehunt.com) will be launched by Luxe Coterie, Inc. in the coming days, last week I mentioned it would be up by today, though seeing as we are still finishing off the final details I thought it only fair to give you a sneak peek of an image from it.

Next week is going to be another busy one, without directly saying what we are doing, lets just say its Sir Richard Branson's 59th birthday on July 19th and we have plans to make it that extra luxurious for Sir Ri