Wine

Live-fire cooking, lakeside calm, and a capital with no use for pretension.

The world's pre-eminent wine capital, anchored by an eighteenth-century city of stone and a medieval hilltop on the right bank.

The Paris of the South, with a parrilla and a tango quarter of its own.

A mountain, two oceans, and the most accomplished table on the continent.

A French Huguenot valley turned the Cape's table of record — vines, mountains, and the country's most decorated kitchens.

The world's most storied vineyards, an hour from Paris.

A walled Adriatic city-state where Venetian-Gothic stone meets clear water and the islands begin at the harbour mouth.

Italy's larder, where a three-star altar to memory sits an hour from the cellars that age Parmigiano, Prosciutto di Parma, and the black gold of traditional balsamic.

The cradle of the Renaissance, best taken slowly and from the inside.

Spain's most decorated stretch of coast and countryside, where three brothers built the world's best restaurant and the fields still smell of the sea.

The land of fire and ice, where a lava-fed lagoon, a heli-ski lodge under the midnight sun, and turf-roofed suites sit beneath the aurora.

Europe's luminous Atlantic capital, where empire-era grandeur meets a quietly serious table.

France's gastronomic capital, where the mères, the bouchons, and the temple of Paul Bocuse still set the national table.

Malbec vines run to the base of the Andes in Argentina's definitive wine country, where gravity-fed cellars, Michelin-starred estate tables, and villa-scale lodges sit inside the working vineyards themselves.

America's first growth, measured in vintages and a single three-star table

Music City grown up — a Southern capital with Michelin polish and a new ceiling of luxury.

The undisputed capital of palace hospitality, haute couture, and three-star gastronomy, where every arrondissement is a lesson in living well.

Italy's densest constellation of Michelin stars, cradled in the Barolo hills where the white truffle is dug by lamplight.

Light, stone and the long lunch — the cultivated heart of the French south.

Italy's sun-bleached heel, where cucina povera wears Michelin stars and ancient masserie become private worlds.

An alpine resort town on the Southern Lakes, where adventure and quiet luxury share the same shoreline.

A compact city of fog, fortune, and three-star tables, gateway to the wine country.

The world's densest constellation of great kitchens, wrapped around a perfect crescent bay.

A drowned volcano crowned in white, where the caldera falls away into the Aegean at the world's most theatrical sunset.

A harbour city where heritage sandstone, world-class produce and an open coastline meet at the water's edge.

A balcony of antiquity above the Ionian, where a Greek theatre frames a smoking volcano and the sea.

Australia's wild island, where end-of-the-earth landscapes meet a quietly exacting table.

Nine hundred years of estate life across Val d'Orcia and Chianti, where the castle you sleep in also makes the wine you drink.

The imperial capital, restored to the front rank of European address.