Shanghai, China – The Westin Bund Center Shanghai announced that Taittinger will be The Westin Sunday Brunch official pouring champagne in 2014. The Westin Sunday Brunch will be the only hotel establishment in Shanghai pouring Taittinger champagne.

 “Starting with our first brunch in 2014, the SuperFoodsRX Recovery Brunch on January 1st, 2014, Taittinger will start filling every Sunday Brunch champagne glass,” beamed Johanna Klaasen, Director of Food & Beverage, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai. “We are very excited with this new offering and especially to be the only hotel Sunday Brunch to offer such a fine champagne,” she added.

With the introduction of Taittinger, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai continues to take its Sunday brunch to a whole new level. With two floors of food extravaganza (with weekly brunch themes throughout the year), free-flowing Taittinger champagne, a wine buffet, a ‘make-your-own’ cocktail bar and a myriad of entertainers, The Westin Sunday Brunch is an event not to be missed.

Each Sunday, guests gather around Heavenlies lounge and The Stage restaurant on the ground floor and Prego Italian Restaurant on the second floor to witness awe-inspiring acts of acrobatic feats, clowns and magicians while listening to an astounding twelve piece string orchestra with soprano and alto performing all-time favorite arias. The atmosphere that The Westin Bund Center Shanghai creates adds to the hotel’s brunch motto of “Let us entertain you”. 

To assure the little ones enjoy the brunch just as much as the adults, a Kid’s Corner with on-site nanny, toys, cartoons, games and food is available. Guests also get to walk away with several kinds of food vouchers at the brunch’s lucky draw and can purchase additional bottles of Taittinger champagne at a special price.

Time  : 11:30am – 2:30pm

Price :

RMB 568+15% per person (adult) with free-flowing champagne

RMB 468+15% per person (adult) without free-flowing champagne

RMB 250+15% per person (child)

  Kids under four years old dine for free.

Venue: The Stage, Lobby Level, or Prego, Level Two at The Westin Bund Center Shanghai at 88 Henan Zhong Lu, Near Guangdong Lu.

For details and reservations, please contact Dining Reservations at (021) 6103-5048, e-mail: shanghai.restaurants@westin.com or visit www.westinshanghai.com/dining-sunday-brunch

About Taittinger

The Beginning – When Pierre Taittinger first discovered the Champagne region, he was a young liaison officer during the First World War. It was thanks to his passion for wine and gastronomy that he returned several years later and, with his brother-in-law, invested all his energy into the development of a nascent champagne business.

Birth of an Identity – Since 1932, Champagne Taittinger has grown and taken its place among the great champagne Houses, imposing with audacity an innovative style particularly influence by Chardonnay.

Today – Having brought back the family business in the summer of 2006, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger has surrounded himself with a team that is both young and bound together by a spirit of conquest and continuity. His daughter Vitalie and son Clovis have accompanied him on this adventure.

Taittinger - James Bond's Champagne of Choice

In Ian Fleming's very first novel about the suave secret agent, James Bond, just prior to defeating Le Chiffre at the gaming tables of Royal Les Eaux, Bond is said to enjoy a glass of Taittinger with Vesper.

Unfortunately in the Bond movies, the need to finance them with product placement has allowed Dom Perignon to become, in the public's eye, James Bond's champagne of choice.

“Taittinger was actually Ian Fleming’s favorite champagne,” said Justin Llewellyn, brand ambassador for Taittinger and the son of the late Desmond Llewellyn, who played gadget master ‘Q’ in many of the Bond films.

“We have a letter from Ian Fleming thanking M. Taittinger for a dozen bottles, and Taittinger was mentioned in Casino Royale, Moonraker, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Goldfinger,” he added.

About The Hotel

Just a stroll away is the magnificent Bund architectural site and waterfront. Yu garden, a 400-year-old classical Chinese garden and the popular pedestrian shopping precinct on Nanjing Road are also within short walking distance. Lujiazhui Financial District is a mere 10-minute taxi ride away. Guests will be pleasantly delighted on arrival with the grand atrium lobby featuring a striking cantilevered glass staircase inlaid with delicate rice paper and beautiful soft-glow lighting. With 570 tastefully-decorated guest rooms and suites offered in two towers, other services and facilities include restaurants serving Asian, Italian and international favorites including the city’s famous Sunday Brunch, a Westin Workout fitness centre with indoor swimming pool and Banyan Tree Spa.

The Westin Bund Center Shanghai is located at 88 Henan Central Road, Shanghai 200002, China.

For details and reservations, call +86 21 6335 1888 extension 7541 or China Toll Free 4006 335 186, email rsvns-shanghai@westin.com or visit www.westinshanghai.com