Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow's 40th birthday entourage has returned home from the French Riveria, after a week-long bacchanal, dancing in the sun and slurping La Bagatelle's six-litre mathusalems of Domaine Ott rosé de Provence, price tag €1450 (AU$2120). Ah, to be young and rich!

Barlow, it turns out, has spent plenty of time on the Côte d'Azur this year, having attended the flagship Monaco F1 Grand Prix back in May with his pal, Servcorp chief operating officer Marcus Moufarrige (Servcorp has offices in London, Paris and Brussels), who was also along for the 40th festivities.