Who: Enno von Ruffin
Where: Gut Basthorst, Germany
Baron Enno von Ruffin says about himself that he’s a ‘car-driving rambler’
“The baron is coming in a second”, says the friendly woman and pleases me to wait. And then he’s standing in front of me – in red cords, a for …
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Who: Annabelle Countess of Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff
Where: Gräflicher Park Hotel & Spa, Bad Driburg, Germany
When Caspar Heinrich Count of Sierstorpff acquired the mineral springs in the Westphalian Driburg in 1782, he did so with the intention “to create a place of rural pleasure”.
The fountain arcades – built …
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Who: John Hilliard & Christine Bruce
Where: Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Hilliard-Bruce: a 21-acre picture perfect winery of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on an 101 acre property in the Santa Rita Hills*
In Santa Barbara, California, 20 miles from the sea, lies the 101- acre winery …
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