Vine art

The impressive portfolio featured a group of limited-edition items. On day one, it was a Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Abbaye de Morgeot" 2014 and a Corton Grand Cru "Les Marechaudes" 2014, with a label rendered by Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming called Wild Game: Second Way of the Tigers. Day two featured a 50-year-old Armagnac dubbed "Beyond Life", created in collaboration with Samalens and with a painted label by Zao Wou-ki. And finally, on day three, guests marveled at an 18-year-old single malt Japanese whisky created in collaboration with the Fuji Gotemba distillery, with a painted label by Marie-Laure Viebel.

All of this was a reminder of how seriously Pont des Arts takes its craft - a point not lost on any of those who have visited the company's Norman Foster-designed vineyard in France and the more-than-500-year-old house of Chateau Margaux.