But all of it—the estate, the vineyards, the olive groves, the food, and the pace—is part of the same story.
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Tia Lovisa Moreira,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
Known as Villa Uglione, the estate sits high on a hill near the quiet villages of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Barberino Val d’Elsa, surrounded by rolling vineyards and olive groves.
By Todd Woody, Bloomberg On a warm summer morning, two fire officials navigate an SUV along a narrow road that switchbacks high into the hills above the town of Fairfax, California, where thickets of trees conceal hundreds of homes.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 July 2026
Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
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Alicia Underlee Nelson,
Midwest Living,
22 June 2026
The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
Another attendee, 28-year-old Jerard Jackson, was reported missing after the festival, July 29, and his body was later found in the woods nearby.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2026
The route winds slowly uphill through thick woods, then reaches the iconic Horseshoe Curve, where the tracks bend sharply around the mountainside in a massive horseshoe shape.
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