There is no time like the first Saturday of June in New York, that marks the beginning of the bubbly season with the annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. Set in Liberty State Park with a perfect skyline backdrop, a glamorous tribe gathers to watch Nacho Figueras and company engage in the traditional sport. Toasting with a couple of orange glasses, the polo is a true love poem to summer in New York.
Image: Jordan Fisher.
ESSENTAL HOMME: How did this opportunity with Veuve Clicquot come about? Have you been to the Polo Classic before or—having growing up in Alabama—attended other matches of the sport in the past?
JORDAN FISHER: Veuve Clicquot is such a well-respected brand that I knew it would be a fantastic event to be a part of. I love sports—I grew up doing gymnastics and my favorite is basketball—and I have great respect for the athletes that work hard to perfect their skills. Polo is a game that I have not yet been exposed to, so this will be my first experience watching it. I could not have chosen a better time and place to be introduced.
Image: Veuve Clicquot.
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EH: In the last few years, you’ve successfully gone from the small screen (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Liv and Maddie”) to the live stage. How did you make that transition?
JF: Even though my early training was in musical theater, my career really started in television. I love working with a live audience and so much of my on-screen work has been in the studio, which has been extra special for me. It was through that that I got to be in “Hamilton.”
EH: What specifically did you enjoy about “Hamilton”?
JF: Appearing on Broadway has always been way at the top of my bucket list, and [the experience] was me truly living out my dreams. I miss the cast, the crew, and the audiences. My favorite part of it was being a part of one big, extended family. I was able to spend everyday doing what I loved with people that I miss so much. It was an unforgettable experience, which I will forever treasure. Broadway has not seen the last of me!
EH: After the Polo Classic, you’ll be performing at the Karoondinha Music & Arts Festival 2017 in Pennsylvania. Any other news that we can expect from you this summer?
JF: Music—lots of new music. I am in the studio right now. A new single will be coming out in the not-too-distant future.
Tickets for the 10th Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic are available online now.
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Clicquot Rich Cucumber
Top off your day off (or rather, national holiday) with this easy-to-pour, easier-to-love cocktail from the champagne house’s newest, most intense bubbly ever, Veuve Clicquot Rich.
Ingredients:
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Place 5 ice cubes in a large wine glass, add 3 to 4 slices of cucumber, and finish with chilled Veuve Clicquot Rich.
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Over the weekend, over 7,000 seersucker and sundress-donning city folk and celebs—including 50 Cent, Joan Smalls, Mindy Kaling, Emma Roberts, and more—crossed New York’s Upper Bay to attend the eighth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park. As the sun beat down intensely, Andrew Rannells sang the national anthem, Freida Pinto threw out the ceremonial ball toss, and teams Veuve Clicquot and Black Watch battled for victory gracefully on the field. For most, though, the concern was not as much of the ball, but rather, the locations of the Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label and Rosé-stalked bars.
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Spicy Spring Kiss
Part fire, and part fun, this spicy Sailor Jerry cocktail has all the heat you need.
Ingredients:
Image: Essential Homme, Sailor Jerry, Ancho Reyes, Veuve Cliquot.
Combine Sailor Jerry and Ancho Reyes and shake well. Serve in coupe glass and top with champagne. Garnish with lime wheel.
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As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.
Veuve Clicquot’s Nearside
In preparations to give the finger to 2014 welcome the new year, we’ve turned to the experts from the world of cocktails to find out what we should be drinking to properly toast the night away. A celebratory cocktail in itself—this drink was first introduced at the Standard, High Line a few years ago to celebrate Veuve Clicquot‘s 2010 polo classic—this bubbly beverage is the perfect morning cure to segue the party into citrusy lightness after a rowdy night of shots and ringing in 2015.
Ingredients:
Image: Essential Homme, Veuve Clicquot, Campari, Absolut, Stirrings, Strip Juice, Amazon.
Image: Essential Homme, Cheutine Fong courtesy of Bar Marmont.
Bar Marmont’s Billie Holiday
In preparations to give the finger to 2014 welcome the new year, we’ve turned to the experts from the world of cocktails to find out what we should be drinking to properly toast the night away. First up is mixologist Lauren Kincheloe from Bar Marmont in the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, whose Billie Holiday—a beautiful mix of stiff warmth and light bubbly—will certainly leave you with some happy last minute end of the year memories.
Ingredients:
Image: Essential Homme, Wild Turkey, Grand Mariner, Why’d You Eat That, Deborah Baker, Simply Orange, Veuve Clicquot.
