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Exclusive Château Angélus Wine Dinner And Tasting Experience At Soneva Fushi

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Soneva Fushi is collaborating with one of the most exclusive Bordeaux wine estates in order to offer the Château Angélus Wine Dinner and Tastings experience solely for Soneva guests. This unique experience will be from April 15-22, 2017.

This rarefied oenophile’s getaway will include a stay at one of the world’s best private island resorts for five nights which emphasizes luxurious accommodations, along with a special wine dinner and series of tastings with Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, the co-owner and General Manager of Château Angélus, and eighth-generation member of the de Boüard de Laforest family. A special feature that makes this offer extravagant is that Château Angélus being one of only a dozen estates belonging to the exclusive club of the First Growth of Bordeaux since 2012, has been ranked as Premier Grand Cru Classé “A,” placing it among the ranks of only three other elite estates at the pinnacle of the Saint-Émilion appellation.

The “Château Angélus Wine Dinner and Tastings” experience will consist of Five nights’ accommodations for two guests in a villa at Soneva Fushi, one exclusive five-course menu dinner on April 16th intensively prepared with exceptional wine pairings from Château Angélus and two wine-tasting events on April 17th and 19th with Ms. de Boüard-Rivoal of Château Angélus. Furthermore, the resort will provide guests with daily half board at Soneva Fushi’s extraordinary collection of restaurants, Mr. or Ms. Friday butler on hand throughout guests’ stays and a roundtrip flight transfers between Male International Airport and Soneva Fushi.

The exclusive five-night package at Soneva Fushi is priced from US$14,000 (inclusive of taxes and fees), based on two guests sharing one of the resort’s iconic Crusoe Villas.  The package can be upgraded with additional nights (within the period of April 15-22, 2017) in a Crusoe Villa with Pool or the Soneva Fushi Villa Suite with Pool, at an additional cost.

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