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Sting and Tudie, the couple known by the majority for their mononmas, bought Il Palagio, a farm of 350 hectares in the Chianti Colli Fiorentini region in 1997, and have been gradually developing it since then. They, and some of their four children, tend to remain on the farm mainly in August, but the buildings once abandoned now house a prosperous industry throughout the year. In addition to the 10 wines produced in the vineyard, you can also obtain IL Palagio Olive Oil and Honey, and the site houses a farm store, pizzeria and a place of public music.
As that wine is available in the United Kingdom for the first time, Ajesh Patalay went to see the couple and take a taste of the wallet. He found them with good humor, gently competitive and still ambitious: Sting is restarting his 2014 musical The last shipin which he will repeat the main role, while Styler produces the film debut of Scarlett Johansson as director, who will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
Sting’s image, now 73, that Roxanne glasses, his 2024 Bianco, while lighting on his guitar evokes an almost comic image of his amazing success. But few might worry or Styler their artistic lives so comfortable. Both come from working class families and made their way through their respective industries with tenacity and sand. In spite of all its fruity tantric sexual chemistry, their hearts are in the right place. Besides, they are still together. The couple of eternal power. As Sting jokes: “I think part of the brand of this [place] It is the romance of a couple who has been married for 400 years. ”
Ajesh appears twice on this topic, Write about blue food. When I first saw a new cranberry breakfast pot and spirulina in Pret a Mang last month, they repelled me instantly. But is the mold color a disgusting culinary aberration, or something we should see again? Ajesh presents a reasonably convincing case to overcome Blue EUW.
More drinks: this week Alice Losceles Mira The emergence of microchock tailA world of Martinis and the ancients of the ancients of the old ones the size of the glasses. The new fashion of smaller drinks tends to ask for a set of tasting menus, where instead of globaring a glass, however, customers are offered a “flight” of drinks. I cannot decide whether this is better for the intake of the unit, more moderate, considered to drink, or if so many small temptations means that it only loses the account.
Considering spending your money on a private club membership in New York? Do not compromise before it has been reviewed Our last picture. If London has been full for a long time with establishments only for members (mainly designed to release the Old Boys network), New York is now very close to clubs that speak with the new generation mood. What are the best? And what serves the most popular members? Christina Ohly Evans examines the options and qualifies her charms.
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