In the Bordeaux Pink
Not all French rosés are from Provence. In the Bordeaux region, Château de Sours faces the towers of Saint Emilion across the Dordogne River. If you want a rosé with a history, the estate has been making wines since 1792.
Not all French rosés are from Provence. In the Bordeaux region, Château de Sours faces the towers of Saint Emilion across the Dordogne River. If you want a rosé with a history, the estate has been making wines since 1792.
“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold...his cohorts gleaming in purple and gold.” No sheen of spears, thankfully. However, this baggy-trousered trader has gold teeth and wears a lavender headscarf the size of a tablecloth. Is he descended from Assyrians?
Bogazkere Kavaklidere! No, it’s not a curse to chase off the ravaging hordes of Turkish rug merchants, but a quaffable red wine from the country’s Anatolia region.
Believing Campania was too expensive, I’ve never investigated property in southern Italy’s best-known region. But during an Internet trawl, I came across a real estate agency in Calitri, one of its hill towns.
This April I flew south of the equator. A topsy-turvy journey from spring into fall—to the exotic-sounding Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Bratislava is more beguiling and livable than you may imagine. Straddling the Danube, Slovakia’s capital certainly captivated me. At the heart of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, it’s jolly, cultured, and civilized. When did you last see youths rushing to give up tram and bus seats to the elderly?
Across golden sands, the waves sing of summer’s promise: a whispered lullaby of sizzling sunshine and balmy evenings. The promise is always redeemed. Summer means fishing trips, excursion boats and harbors jostling with white-sailed yachts. Piazzas erupt with parties...with fireworks jeweling the midnight sky...with lengthy meals enjoyed al fresco.
Two hours east of Rome, hemmed by the glittering Adriatic, Abruzzo offers dreamy hill towns, tiny farms, ruggedly wild countryside, and the diamond-bright peaks of the Apennines. Most towns and mountain villages are within an hour’s drive of sandy beaches.
Stockmarkets in chaos. Foreclosures, inflation, unemployment. The R word. Gloomsters proclaiming the new property hotspot is Skid Row.
If you’re looking to add an Eastern European layer to a property portfolio, there are plenty of reasons why Bucharest deserves your attention.