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This sort of roughing it will probably get you in the mood for a glass of wine or two. Wine production is on the upswing here. Much of it is based on the grapes of southern France, and they are full of simple but sunbaked fruit flavors. Markel makes sure there's plenty of opportunity for tasting...
...many foodies, white truffles might as well be gold. These clumps of fungal fruit grow in the damp crevasses beneath oak trees in only a few places on earth. They are extremely rare and cannot be cultivated. They also stir the hearts of many chefs and can cost a small fortune to purvey. If you want to see for yourself the land of the truffle hunter, then take a plane to the Italian region of Piedmont in the Langhe hills. Alba, a two-hour drive north from Milan, is considered the spiritual city of the treasure, and prime truffle time...
...with his "paranoiac-critical" method, which was an attempt to enter a kind of delirium while keeping a part of the mind detached, alert to the imperatives of the rational world. Whatever that meant, it led him to the dazzling trompe l'oeil illusionism of Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, from 1938, which reads simultaneously as a landscape, a dog in profile, a human face and a tabletop with a fruit bowl holding a heap of pears. This is a canvas in which the eye leads the mind down unexpected roads while the mind keeps pulling...
...FARM Established in 1987, Chard Farm, tel: (64-3) 442 6110, is one of the oldest wineries in the Central Otago region, and its Finla Mor Pinot Noir 2002 is one of the best we have tasted. Fragrant and full bodied, it has a warm, generous palate with concentrated fruit flavors and a long finish. Order it online, for $23 a bottle, at www.chardfarm.co.nz...
...give the island an authentic feel. There are Floridian palms, Central American banana and pineapple trees, and a 140-year-old fig dug out of the Thai jungle. Besides enjoying a brief reprieve from Germany's damp and chilly weather, guests can also take samba lessons and drink fruit-and-rum cocktails under thatched roofs. A four-hour ticket costs $20 during the week and $26 on weekends, which includes transfer from the train station in Brand. tel: (49-35477) 60 50 50; www.my-tropical-islands.com