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...with multicoloured raku marquetry by Fabienne L’Hostis. lauragonzalez.fr Large oval platter by Villa Bologna Pottery, £76 This hand-painted pattern has been in production since the 1950s....
...Pear syrup with just enough freshness.£13.50 a half Tesco Philippe et Jacques Guignard, L’Ouest de Lamothe Guignard 2010 Sauternes (13.5%)A snip unearthed by buyer Jane Masters MW....
...“For cabinets and beautiful, small side tables, it was a way of making wood look like a jewel,” says L’Objet founder Elad Yifrach....
...The plaster panelling in the salon, for example, is a trompe-l’oeil parchment, hand-patinated by a young Belgian artisan, Mathilde Van der Schueren....
...I certainly wouldn’t measure quality in terms of the number of oak casks, but at L’Estabel there were 20 of varying ages....
...Ceramic ‘TABLE’ lamp by Henry Holland Studio, £2,400 Made in London with stacked earthenware spheres on a solid oak base. henryhollandstudio.com Venus by Pinto, €8,500 Part of the brand’s Constellations...
...We are two acorns — but it also references the oak trees on the estate and the wooden whisky casks.”...
...enormity of the Côte de Lumière lay ahead, and for the first 25km we’d be weaving through the dappled magnificence of the Pays-de-Monts national forest: a fragrant, arboreal tunnel of maritime pine, holm oak...
...Dries Van Noten silk-organza embellished bralette, £511, mytheresa.com Chanel wood-pearl and strass clutch, POA Soho Home oak Bead table lamp, £250 Klaylife clay-beaded Barrel table lamp pendant, A$828...
...The late Denis Durantou of L’Église-Clinet in Pomerol developed Les Cruzelles and La Chenade in the satellite appellation Lalande de Pomerol....
...Delicate despite the oak influence....
...Matured in ancient oak botti for three years and only released after a further decade in bottle, it’s as old school as they come....
...As Charles Baudelaire put it in his poem L’Invitation au voyage: “There, all is order and beauty/Luxury, tranquillity and delight.”...
...Its rooms are shot through with coloured light from the stained glass windows, and its walls are decorated in painstaking trompe l’oeil or flocked wallpaper, or painted in supersaturated tones....
...It had seen no oak at all and sells for under €8 in Germany and the Netherlands....
....£13.80 Corney & Barrow Ch Laulan 2019 Francs Côtes de Bordeaux (13.5%)Regeneratively farmed vines whose fruit has been aged in concrete, terracotta and old 400-litre oak barrels....
...one of the farm’s 350-year-old, storm-felled oaks....
...Built-in cabinetry is almost invisible, the windows are in dark oak, and the hardware and light fittings are deceptively simple but profoundly elegant....
...Jahnke was inspired to join Homecourt having noticed an increased appreciation for premium products while working at L’Oréal....
...“For a Sidecar I’d recommend Pasquet L’Organic 4yo – one that is young, fruity and super-fresh.”...
...The wine has been exposed to oak, whether it’s barrel, oak chips or oak staves. Whereas “oaky” would be a flavour. 27. What about “lemony”? It’s a flavour....
...The Wine Society Ch La Brande 2016 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 13.5%Very respectable claret that could be enjoyed now or in five years.£17.75 Yapp Bros Begude, Esprit Pinot Noir 2021 Haute Vallée de l’...
...I’m taken with the selection of well-aged lowboys, which would smarten up a landing or L-shaped entryway dressed with a lamp and a tray or potted fern....
...Based on 2018 and blended with oak aged wines from 2009, 2011 and all vintages from 2013 to 2017 inclusive that make up the perpetual reserve begun in 2012....
...From £105, jeakeshouse.com BS Hôtel de l’Abbaye, Paris This Saint-Germain-des-Prés stalwart is on the larger side of homely – 43 rooms and counting – but the quiet setting makes up for it....
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