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Get Your Tickets to This Summer’s Bigger and Better Rosé Mansion Today

Rosé Mansion, the wine tasting experience dedicated to the history and allure of the pink-hued, warm-weather favorite, launches an all-new experience for 2019. Building off of last summer’s sold-out run, guests looking for a shareable and fun experience that takes wine tasting and education to a whole new level will have multiple opportunities to dive into the 7,000-year history and resurgence of rosé, one of the most popular wines on the market today.

The all-new ​Rosé Mansion​ will bring the pink from around the world to a picture-perfect experience in New York City. Taking over 32,000 square feet (over twice the size of last year’s Mansion), Rosé Mansion will feature a labyrinth of 14 rooms for wine lovers to explore, learn and ‘gram, including Cleopatra’s Palace, a 1960s-themed Acid Test, and a vintage Airline Lounge.

Photo by James Coletta

Following a self-guided tour, guests can enjoy the Mansion’s “RoséLand.” Expanded extensively for 2019, RoséLand is part playground, part party space, where New York’s largest selection of Rosé wine meets the ultimate celebration destination. Attendees can purchase bottles and glasses of their favorite wines and other beverages while enjoying private cabanas, a tree house and picnic area, tacos, and snacks from Taco Dumbo​, and interactive elements such as chandelier swings and photo booths. A retail space and gift shop, open to the public, rounds out the experience.

Here’s a sneak peek at a few of the new rooms in Rosé Mansion NYC:

Vineyard Installation​: Soon after arriving, guests will be transported right into the middle of a vineyard, surrounded by rows of grapevines. After walking through a mirror-lined maze, each guest picks up their own, personalized Govino wine glass for their tasting journey.

Choose Your Own Adventure Sweet Wine:​ Guests will follow a flow chart to find their own biological preferences for sweet or bitter flavors. At the end, each guest’s tasting sample will depend on how they answered the questions.

Cleopatra’s Palace: ​Go back in time to Ancient Egypt to learn about Cleopatra’s penchant for Brachetto wine and live like a queen. Guests will lounge on thrones while they sip Brachetto in a truly luxurious sensory experience, as the scent of spices and oils from Ancient Egypt mingle with lush fabrics, art, and artifacts.

Celebration Room: Rosé is made for celebrating, whether it’s birthdays, weddings, graduations, or just every day. Glitter cannons, a giant cake, giant furniture, bright colors, firework imagery, and other surprises will make each guest feel like the life of the party.

Traditional Winery:​ Drink wine straight from the tank as Rose Mansion ambassadors share details on how wine is produced. This room will have giant wine barrels and the look and feel of a traditional wine tasting room, with infographics and dioramas explaining the wine-making process.

Photo by James Coletta

In addition to the wine tasting tour and access to RoséLand, Rosé Mansion will offer an ongoing series of wine tasting workshops, touching on rosé varietals, unusual grapes, Wines from New York State, France vs California, Southern Hemisphere Favorites, and an Exclusive Champagne Tasting.

Rosé Mansion’s new home takes over the entire second floor of the Manhattan Mall, where it will have a private entrance and address at 1​11 W. 32nd Street,​ near Penn Station.

Tickets are on sale today, April 16th, and range from $35–$45, but if you buy before April 21st you get a $10 discount on all ticket purchases. Food, wine, and private cabanas in RoséLand can be reserved for an additional fee. Tickets include access to the Rosé Mansion experience, eight wine tastings, a Rosé Mansion collectible pin, a Rosé Mansion wine glass by Govino​, as well as access to RoséLand.

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Culture Fashion

Trend Report Tuesday: Summer Menswear Trends

Summer means sunshine, spontaneous adventures, and finding ways to stay cool, all the while being fashionable — and that can be tough. The summer menswear trends are classy, with an edgy twist; however, they’re easy to incorporate in your outfits. The menswear trends for summer are much like womenswear, full of color and patterns.

Summer 2017 will be the summer your wardrobe thanks you for. In the past, summer style has had its up and downs, but this summer the style is superb.

Whether you are hitting the beach or just spending a day in the park, there are ways to style your outfit and remain stylish at all times.

Downtown put together a guide of Summer 2017 Menswear trends to make it your most fashionable summer yet. Here are the top 8 trends for men to work into your everyday wardrobe.

Stripes

Photo courtesy of Wheretoget

Printed Short Sleeve Shirts

Photo courtesy of Tumblr 

Cropped Pants

Photo courtesy of Tumblr

White Shoes

Photo courtesy of Nordstrom

Gingham

Photo courtesy of Nordstrom

Sunglasses

Photo courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue

Bomber Jacket

Photo courtesy of Ted Baker

Pink

Photo courtesy of Nordstrom

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Living

Have A Pink Mother’s Day

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Champagne and Macaroons, what better way to treat your mom? Put a Pretty in Pink twist on Mother’s Day with this lovely sweet and tingly rosé Champagne and the famous Ladurée Macaroons.

Champagne Bollinger

Treat your mom to a chilled bottle of Bollinger Rosé. As fresh as rosé with the balance of Bollinger, this rosé Champagne demonstrates Bollinger’s technical, red wine-making skills and sports notes of wild berry, red currant and cherry with velvety fine bubbles.

Ladurée Macaroons

For a sweet treat to accompany the bubbles pick up some of the famous Ladurée Macaroons. With a wide array of flavors in both lovely pastels and vibrant colors they’re sure to be pleasing to the eye as well as a sweet tooth.

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Beauty Fashion

Chanel’s Spring Collection 2015

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Photo: Courtesy of Chanel.com

Although we always fancy Chanel’s beauty products and lines, their 2015 Spring Collection is making us anticipate the warmer weather even more than usual. Part of the reason being the blistering cold winds, but the other reason is based on the beautiful color collection they chose for this particular line. The Spring 2015 beauty collection is inspired by Parisian gardens blooming in the springtime. The color palette ranges form both delicate and vibrant corals to deep shades of pink.

Chanel uses the perfect balance of vibrant and neutral in there different products.  This season Chanel is using the standout colors to highlight the lips. The vibrants shades of the glosses, lipsticks, and liners work together to enhance this part of the face. The Chanel Rouge Allure lipstick is now made in a bright coral red called “Insaisissable” and a soft pink called “Badine.” The Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick is also made in new hues, “La Pétillante,” another popular coral red color and “La Romanesque,” a dark fuchsia.

To keep the pop of color on the lips, it is important to keep the complexion and eyes natural. The Jardin de Chanel blush compact, is perfect for this concept with its two soft shades of pink. To complement the soft cheeks and statement lips is a range of natural eyeshadow hues. The Les 4 Ombres palette comes in two different color schemes, Tissé Fantaisie (coral pink, sea foam green, satin white and brown with copper highlights) and Tissé Paris (slate grey, two rosewoods and ivory).

Hopefully this wonderful line will help you get through the dreary months leading up to spring. Chanel’s Rêverie Parisienne Spring 2015 is the perfect way to transition into sunnier times. Look for the collection in stores on January 19th! DOWNTOWN has had a tough time choosing which are our favorites, we love them all!

-by Deirdre McAndrew

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Lifestyle Living

Fashion at Home: Touches of Pink

Empire State Building
Photo: Courtesy of Empire State Building

If you happened to be walking near the Empire State Building in New York City this month, you probably saw the iconic tower suddenly turn pink. This was the work of Estée Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness campaign which has been illuminating landmarks worldwide since 2000.

As we know, fashion and home decor walk together and this month, the color of the moment is pink. Pink is not just for girls anymore. Despite its sweet nature, pink can be chic and even masculine. Various shades of pink can work nicely together, flattering one another and also the person wearing them.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, not only this month but every month of the year, add a touch of pink to your home and accessories. You can support the cause with elegance and sophistication. Even the addition of one pink accessory can break up a monotone room. Check out some of DOWNTOWN’s favorite ideas on how to decorate your home in every shade of pink.

And remember, whether you’re eighteen or eighty, the color pink is not just for girls.

 –Thais Morais

Phaelaenopsis

Silk Phalaenopsis Floral Arrangement, $160.79, Kohls

gold pillow

Persian Velvet Buoudoir Pink & Gold Pillow – 16″ x 36″, $378, Bliss Home & Design 

 

roma cashmere throw

Roma Cashmere Throw, $1,380, Rani Arabella

Versace Plate

Butterfly Garden Service Plate, $295,Versace

Kate Spade grove cupKate Spade New York Greenwich Grove Cup & Saucer, Pink & Gray, $60, Kate Spade

 

Bowl and Spoon

 Big Love Ice Cream Bowl And Spoon, $63, Alessi

 

DIP DYE NAPKIN SET

 Dip Dye Napkin set, $38, LEIF

round bamboo placement

Round Bamboo Placement, Set of 4, $84, Kim Seybert

Garra Bottle Stopper

Garra Bottle Stopper, $40, Bliss Home & Design

Bond No. 9 New York

Park Avenue Candle, $98, Bond No. 9 New York

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Fashion

Beautiful Things in Pink

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FENDI 2 Jours Leather Tote Bag, Pink $2,350.00

October is here, and no one can deny that between all the events and products we support for breast cancer we can find a place for a little pink in our closet.

Aside from donations and auctions, now is the time to remind our family and friends what this month is really about and make sure we get checked to see what is going on inside of our bodies. It’s time to be pretty for a good cause and DOWNTOWN chose some items for you to get inspired.

Use the Fendi bag to spend the day shopping in Soho and match it with the Lanvin sunglasses to make a major statement. If this isn’t the look for you, you can count on the Saint Laurent blouse to have dinner at Holden & Astor, the newest American restaurant in the Meatpacking District.

Try out Eddie Borgo’s necklace and shine like a star when you head out to the theater or even for dinner at Cipriani Club 55. While enjoying the fall weather, put some color on for warmth with the Diane von Furstenberg scarf while having drinks at The Boom Boom Room in the Standard Hotel.

Check out some of DOWNTOWN’s selections for the shades of pink you need in your closet this month.

 -Maria Zanetti

wallet - prada

YVES SAINT LAURENT Y Ligne Clutch Bag, Pink $1050,00

shirt

SAINT LAURENT ruched detail blouse $1308,00

scarf - diane

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Boomerang Ballet Rose Scarf, Pink/Multi $178.00

NECKLACE - EDDIE

EDDIE BORGO Rectangle Estate Necklace, Pink/Orange $600.00

EARRING - SYDNEY

SYDNEY EVAN Small Yellow Gold Pink Sapphire Hoop Earrings $1,610.00

sunglasses - lanvin

LANVIN Large Acetate Cat-Eye Sunglasses, Pink $300.00

shoes - manolo

MANOLO BLAHNIK Suede BB 105 $595

sneakers - gucci

GUCCI neon leather low top  sneaker $640,00

IPHONE - MARC

MARC BY MARC JACOBS printed iPhone case $38.04

ipad - alexander

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Tablet Holder $450,00