At this time of the year, many of us begrudgingly acknowledge that the days are growing shorter and colder. But there’s reason to celebrate the arrival of crisp autumn breezes and cool fall days—this is when cocktail menus move away from light, citrus-forward concoctions and focus on rich, sweet libations. Darker spirits, specifically whiskeys and aged rums, become the liquor of choice for most bartenders, and many accentuate those spirits with the addition of pure maple syrup.

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Australia’s iconic winery, Penfolds—which celebrates its 170th anniversary this year and is perhaps best known for its highly collectible Grange Shiraz—is conducting a series of free recorking clinics for owners of Penfolds red wines that are more than 15 years old. These clinics, the only hands-on collector’s service of their type offered by a winery, are held annually in various countries. This year, Penfolds’ chief winemaker, Peter Gago, and a colleague will conduct just two recorking clinics in the United …

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A collaboration on a global scale, the French luxury-goods maker Hermès has teamed up with the Australian industrial designer Marc Newson and the Japanese writing-instrument company Pilot to create the Hermès Nautilus pen. Though Hermès has created a number of desk accessories in the past, including stationery, leather mouse pads, and even a pencil, the Nautilus is the first pen from the 177-year-old brand.

The project began in 2009 with a meeting between Hermès’s artistic director, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, and…

The French porcelain manufacturer Haviland, which produces all of its products entirely in Limoges, has introduced its new tableware collection Stateside. A Ciel Ouvert, or Open Sky, comprises 15 delicate pieces designed by Pierre-Yves Rochon, the interior designer behind some of Europe’s most iconic luxury hotel restorations. Pearl-hued and trimmed with gold, the handmade china is embellished with soaring swallows, symbolizing the collaborators’ vision of freedom. Among the pieces is the Open Sky teapot ($750…

Forget the Cronut and all those cupcakes of various sizes and sweetness; the pastry du jour is the canelé (pronounced “KAH-nuh-lay”). Canelés are small, striated French pastries with a dark caramelized exterior and a surprisingly soft, moist center. They’ve been around for centuries, but Canelé by Céline, a new shop on the Upper East Side, is serving them up in a modern way.

Before 2009, Céline Legros, the shop’s proprietor, had no intention of making pastries her career path. She was a lawyer by trade…

The following words may very well change your life: artisanal Kentucky-bourbon black-pepper caramel popcorn. Take a moment to let that sink in. Every now and then we discover something revolutionary, and this is one of those times. This decadent snack comes from the creative and ambitious minds at the Art of Caramel. The flavor is deep and the consistency luxuriously crispy; it’s our favorite of the company’s three offerings (vanilla bean cocoa nib and orange Cognac kiss are the others).

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Mark Lewis, the founder of Marco Paolo Chocolates, produces boxes of double-layered truffles with exotic flavor combinations—think white chocolate and coconut ganache paired with cilantro and a dark chocolate and lime ganache, or pomegranate and white chocolate ganache married with dark chocolate and an aged balsamic reduction. “The primary challenge in a double-layered truffle has been finding combinations of flavors that work,” he explains. “The two layers have to be complementary yet contrasting flavors and…

Mercedes-Benz captivated the entire automotive world when it first announced the return of the iconic gullwing—in the form of the SLS AMG—at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in 2009. Now, five years later, the gullwing is out of production (the 2015 SLS AMG GT Final Edition is the models’ swan song) and the German automaker is ready to follow it up with an all-new range-topping sports car, the Mercedes-AMG GT. At first look, it seems that the designers at AMG simply made a smaller, more powerful, wing-clipped ver…

Sam Pack’s assemblage of automobiles could fill a municipal garage. But even Dallas collectors have to downsize sometime.

A light mist falls from low gray clouds, but inside Sam Pack’s private car museum in Dallas, it is as bright as if the sun blazed above. Mustangs, Bel Airs, Thunderbirds, Cobras, and dozens more shine under the overhead lights. A man feather-dusts them, though there is not a speck of dirt in the place.

Pack, a Dallas-area Ford dealer, has a staggering personal collection of cars: 500 …