Leaving the job behind and taking on a vineyard needn't just be a pipe dream – there are vineyards for sale across Europe, many at very reasonable prices and with beautiful properties attached. Laura Seal of Decanter picks out some likely-looking places.Grapes grow on vines at a Nahe Valley vineyard in GermanyLeaving the job behind and taking on a vineyard needn't just be a pipe dream – there are vineyards for sale across Europe, many at very reasonable prices and with beautiful properties attached. Laura Seal of Decanter picks out some likely-looking places.
Buyers looking for a second home in the Caribbean have a great choice of top quality places at all budgets, with the region enjoying a boom. Holly Kirkwood takes a look at some of the best developments out there.Buyers looking for a second home in the Caribbean have a great choice of top quality places at all budgets, with the region enjoying a boom. Holly Kirkwood takes a look at some of the best developments out there.
Take a look at our pick of some of the finest international properties to appear in Country Life over the past week or so.Take a look at our pick of some of the finest international properties to appear in Country Life over the past week or so.
Forget the tourist-ridden Carnival in Rio or Oktoberfest in Munich – the world is full of incredible festivals in locations that are wonderful places year-round, not just for a few days. Here's our pick of the best.Paris: Bastille Day We can think of quite a few stupendous fireworks festivals – Madeira has a month-long pyro-musical extravaganza in June and exploding rockets litter the skies over Japan throughout the year – but for pure pomp and circumstance, Bastille Day in Paris is not to be missed. Every July 14 for la fête […]
The writer is, sadly, no long with us, but Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence still informs many of our notions about life in rural southern France. Holly Kirkwood investigates whether there's still any truth in the bucolic French dream portrayed in the famous book for those looking to buy a home.The writer is, sadly, no long with us, but Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence still informs many of our notions about life in rural southern France. Holly Kirkwood investigates whether there's still any truth in the bucolic French dream portrayed in the famous book for those looking to buy a home.
We round up the finest overseas homes to have graced the pages of Country Life in the past few weeks.We round up the finest overseas homes to have graced the pages of Country Life in the past few weeks.
