CANNES, FRANCE: The co-founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and Emmy-winning reporter Lauren Sanchez recently celebrated their engagement with an expensive glass of wine. The pair gathered on May 22 in La Petite Maison in Cannes, France, where they were joined by Bezos' sister Christina Bezos Poore and her husband Steve Poore.
The same day, media outlets including People reported the pair has gotten engaged. The group, a source further revealed to the publication, spent their evening at a table beneath a lovely gazebo covered in vines with a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean.
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They drank an off-menu bottle of Domaine Bernard's Dugat-Py Grand Cru
The group enjoyed their evening at a table situated under a charming vine-covered gazebo with a stunning view of the Mediterranean, as shared by a source. They ate zucchini blossoms topped with parmesan and drank an off-menu bottle of Domaine Bernard's Dugat-Py Grand Cru, a limited-production red Burgundy wine costing about €4,000 (about $4,285).
The restaurant is known for its late-night live band
Bezos and his friends decided to maintain a low profile throughout their event despite their happy mood. Bezos is renowned for not wanting to stand out as a visitor at La Petite Maison, a person acquainted with the event told the publication. It was revealed the restaurant is known for its late-night live band, which serenades each table with cover versions of popular songs like Britney Spears' 'Hit Me Baby (One More Time),' John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', and Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie'.
The diamond engagement ring is valued anywhere from $3 million to upwards of $5
Sanchez and Bezos have been spotted together a lot lately, often on the billionaire's new yacht, which has a wooden sculpture of Sanchez on it. They spent several days touring the South of France and went to the Cannes Film Festival's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' premiere. Sanchez was spotted wearing a ring on her engagement finger while aboard the impressive yacht. Jewelry expert Briony Raymond estimated the diamond engagement ring to be "25-30 carats" and valued it at "anywhere from $3 million to upwards of $5 million."
'They have been in a great mood'
"They have been in a great mood and are obviously enjoying their trip," a source told the publication previously. "When they first arrived in Spain, Lauren especially seemed giddy with excitement as they toured the yacht. Lauren keeps enjoying the tanning deck. They stopped for lunch in Ibiza mid-week before continuing on to France, where they spent the weekend."
In January 2019, not long after Bezos announced his divorce from MacKenzie Scott, with whom he has four children after 25 years of marriage, they announced their relationship. Sanchez was going through a 13-year divorce from her husband, Patrick Whitesell, at the time. She has a son from a previous relationship with former NFL great Tony Gonzalez and two children with Whitesell.
