“My crab sandwich, a glass of champagne, the races”: Melbourne Cup’s exclusive Birdcage enclosure is back – and it’s more decadent than ever before.
Flemington Racecourse’s exclusive Birdcage enclosure is even more decadent this year with the marquees getting ready to pour – or shower – the champagne and dole out caviar at the Melbourne Cup Carnival.and inflation at its lowest level since 2021, the purse strings have been loosened in the extravagant tents constructed each year at Flemington.At the unveiling of the branded marquees on Thursday morning, G.H.
The winemaker is serving signature cocktails and tastings of 2020 Grange, which retails for $1000 a bottle. “So people may be drinking a little bit less, but they’re choosing moments where they’d like to indulge,” she said. “I think this year, at the spring racing carnival, is one of those moments.”Penfolds also has a secret bar within the Birdcage, and a tequila bar by Don Julio is hidden behind a hot pink telephone booth.
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