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| MI, eLDee, Banky W and Jesse Jagz with a Barrel dating back to 1934 |
The artistes were treated to “The Hennessy Heritage Experience” alongside Chocolate City’s MI who has worked closely with Hennessy in the past.
“This is really our way of giving these artistes a unique one on one experience with Hennessy Cognac” Communications Manager Tokini Peterside told journalists early this week.
Continue reading to see more photos of their trip...
While in France, these artistes were treated to a night in “Chateau de Bagnolet”- a private chateau in Cognac belonging to the Hennessy Family. Banky W, eLDee, Jesse Jagz and MI joined the likes of Common, The Roots and Alexander Burke on the list of prestigious guests at the exclusive Hennessy chateau.
“We were welcomed at the Chateau de Bagnolet by the Hennessy Ambassador, Cyrille Gautier Auriol. It was a big one for me knowing that noteworthy guests like Joe Cocker, Ray Charles and others have also been hosted there before” Banky W says.
He continues “We went through the Vineyard, where we were made to understand the difference between the grape varieties chosen and used during Hennessy production, after which we returned to the Chateau de Bagnolet where we mixed our special Hennessy Concoctions with the assistance of a mixologist.
“The highest point of the trip for me was when we met Renaud de Gironde- (A member of the Filioux family who have served as Hennessy’s master blenders since 1765), he took us through a process of blending, and we each got to create a unique blend of our own in bottles bearing our names and labels. We brought these back with us to Lagos”” eLDee says.
In addition to visiting Hennessy’s vineyards, the artistes also visited the Founder’s Cellar - Hennessy has over 42 kilometers of Cellars in Cognac
“It was massive” MI who has worked closely with Hennessy since 2009 says “On each barrel in the Founder’s cellar was the year when the eaux-de-vie (a pure colorless brandy extracted from fermented grape juice) was first placed into the barrel, and we saw dozens of barrels dated as far back as 1836!”
Producer Jesse Jagz adds, “My favorite part of the trip was when we returned to Paris on September 7. We went to Galleries Lafayette, the Eiffel Tower and L’arc de triomphe, and then we finished the evening at the top of the stunning Centre Pompidou. We were blown away by the city's beauty.”
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| The headliners, MI with Renaud de Gironde Hennessy Master Blender and their special blends of cognac |
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| eLDee, Banky W, Jesse Jagz and MI at a live demonstration in the Barrel Making Factory |
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| With the Hennessy Ambassador in the Distillery. |
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| Jesse, Eldee, Cyrille Gaultier-Auriol, Banky and MI. |
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| eLDee, MI, Jesse Jagz and Banky W shutting the Barre |
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| Expert Mixologist,Tony with Banky W |
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| Banky W gets excited |
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| MI gets behind the bar to make a signature cocktail |
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| MI, Banky W, Jesse Jagz and eLDee. The view from the top of the vineyard |
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| MI, Hennessy Artistry 2011 headliners and Tokini Peterson (Communications manager, Hennessy Nigeria |
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| On the train from Paris to Cognac at 7am- Banky W and eLDee |
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| The headliners blending their own Cognac |
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| Special Blends of Cognac Individually Made by MI, Banky W, eLDee and Jesse Jagz |
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| Arriving at Chateau de Bagnolet |
The team returned to Nigeria on September 8, 2011.
Hennessy Nigeria Communications Manager Tokini Peterside says the experience and trip for the musicians is a “strong commitment from Hennessy to exciting collaborations with Nigerian talents”
On Thursday September 1, the 2011 Hennessy Artistry theme song was released on the Beat 99.9 FM and progressively became viral online within minutes of release. Titled “Toast to the Good Life”, after hundreds of audience suggestions, the track blends together the talents of Banky W, eLDee the Don and Tiwa Savage and was produced by Jesse Jagz with support from Banky W and Master Kraft.
For further details on Hennessy Artistry 2011, or to catch up with the headliners and the upcoming events, check out www.facebook.com/
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ReplyDeleteWhy do you always have to 'make sense' eh?? I gbadun your style dude :*
Nice one guys<<<<< I'll like to be like you when I grow up>>>>> :D
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ReplyDeleteAfter the facility visit by Naija youths rolemodel to henessey company for PR purpose,hope they remember to asked when will they relocate or site a factory in Naija since we are becoming a major market for their brands.Its not just enough to talk abt JOS crises and other abnormal social issues wch we all knew are fallout of idle youths who instantly became willing tools for social disturbance n destruction on social medias.Naija youths need job,the better when our rolemodels who are opportuned to meet with heads of corporate orgs.like this start talking rather than shouting enoughisenough on social media and when they are opportuned to meet decision maker like this they get overwhelm and forgot what they ought to do.Not just for the Efizzy alone
Some of the great mysteries of our time:
ReplyDeleteDoes Banky W:
wear his hat when he's on the loo?
Wear his hat when he's swimming?
Wear his hat when he's erm, making erm (i'm sure you get my drift)
That M.I is one vertically challenged dude sha! But i love him like that still.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ehis.
Omo This is huge! Wetin Ehis dey talk?
ReplyDeleteWait, How person go carry atriste go france for PR purpose? Una don start for here
ReplyDeletemr incredible is not looking so incredible... biko drop the cigarette if you dey smoke am
ReplyDelete@banky, i feel sad that you feel you always need to wear a hat. around about now, we've all figured out that you're bald, so you can free yourself of that bondage. you're still a cutie-patootie, bald head or not
I saw the same headline in another blog earlier than yours. Was it a press release or what? You seem to have more pictures than the others. You don't always have to use all the pictures unless maga don pay. Ha ha ha!
ReplyDeletethey look like they're already drunk.
ReplyDeleteSo what if they are treated to a barrel full of piss dating back to 1934! KMT!!!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDelete@Kemi Akindele....so oyinbo be fools like our elders in Naija abi?They will spend huge amount to take known artist,worshipd by some youths to france just for fun...let me enlighten u!Taking them to france was a PR activity deliberately plannd to reach targetd publics for the sole purpose of brainwashing them in return on commercial investment.It was not done bcos they love Banky W,Eldee,MI,Jesse Jagz etc or they love Naija !the love n reason for doing it was for gullible pple who worship n wanted to copy those artist can spend money on that stuff while feeling like a superstar.Have contributed my little kobo,do d same.
LOL @swiss beatz....MI never drink yet he don off for the picture,wow and he hasnt got his glasses on.i should ask banky's girlfriend some personal questions.....nice one guys.
ReplyDeleteDamit meh, this MI guy is too damn short for a man's hieght. WTF.
ReplyDeletePeople just dey vex . This people don go where them go go why una dey vex?
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