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...that the old Emperor conquered is so fond of his memory that they annually dress a short man in a big hat and parade him around to mark the anniversary of his death. Welcome to the island of Elba, off the west coast of Tuscany, and more specifically to Tenuta La Chiusa, a working vineyard where the warmonger once spent two nights during his nine-month Elban exile, before escaping to prepare for his last battle. Today, peace lovers can enjoy a relaxing farm holiday in one of the nine peasant cottages among the vines and olive groves. The decor...
...Tenuta di Lupinari, a restored 18th century village amid 470 acres of sloping vineyards and olive groves, is a resort run by the Pellegrino family to accommodate as many as 37 guests. Strolling down a private dirt road on a recent sunny Sunday, family patriarch Antonio Pellegrino, 77, pointed out a small lake where visitors fish for trout and carp that can later be sauteed in oil made on site from locally harvested olives. Pellegrino showed off the cool confines of his 18th century stone olive press, which sees action only in November. During that harvest month, visitors can help...
...Tenuta Cappezzana Chianti Montalbano DOCG (Carmignano...
...Judy Tenuta, 31, at least has no problem differentiating herself from a gaggle of rising young female comics. She arrives onstage toting an accordion and wearing a tatty Grecian-style gown -- a fairy-tale princess dressed by Woolworth's. Her monologues alternate between airy twittering (she refers to herself as the "goddess" and the "petite flower") and truck-stop sarcasm. To the guy who comes on to her in a punk-rock bar, she growls, "I was lookin' for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain." Feminist frustration is mixed with existential nuttiness: "You know what...
Both team started slugglishly, but Cornell drew blood first with an 11-yd. Mike Ryan keeper that capped an 80-yd. drive as the first quarter ended. The second quarter sealed the Big Red's victory, with a Tenuta touchdown followed by a one-play, 4-yd. Cornell drive capitalizing on a blocked punt...