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I fell in love with wine from afar. Watching one of the coolest guys I ever met entertaining on the terrace of his old rectory up in the hills behind Nice in the South of France—technically the Côte d’Azur in Provence. Of course, it was preceded by t

Owning one of the world’s coolest and most luxurious helicopters, which can easily cost several million dollars, is reserved for the world’s elite. Whether it’s a necessity or an indulgence, a high-end heli is a piece of exquisite machinery far beyon

All too often ignorantly dismissed as tequila’s “smoky cousin,” mezcal remains one of the most nebulous and misunderstood spirits in the canon of alcohol. The mythology of Mexico’s indigenous Zapotec people tells of a lightning bolt striking an agave

“Thirty to 40 years is roughly the time it takes for a 15-year-old with a poster of a car on his wall to go through school, get a career, maybe start a family, and eventually have enough time and disposable income to buy a collector car—the one he or

Drop-dead gorgeous model and social media influencer Kara Del Toro isn’t just one of the hottest Instagram sirens to grace the internet since the dawn of the Insta-model—she’s also a full-fledged goddess with her glossy honey-brown hued locks, pouty

As Brandon Semenuk dropped into his contest-winning run at this past October’s Red Bull Rampage mountain biking event, those unfamiliar with the sport might view it as a reckless, if not suicidal, endeavor. After all, the steep and treacherous mounta

Nothing should be hard for Kevin Love. First, there’s his career. Since nabbed as the fifth pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the 31-year-old has become one of the NBA’s elite. In 12 years as a pro he’s averaged 18.2 points and 11.2 rebounds per game (as o

I t’s not the fact that Janina Gavankar is drop-dead gorgeous, a gifted musician and world class thespian that makes her irresistible. No, it’s not her turn as the alpha lesbian, Papi, on Showtime’s The L Word, nor her current role as the estranged w

I know Kate Bock is going to be friendly before we even speak. I am not the first person to tell her this. “Everyone I meet that finds out I’m Canadian is like, ‘Oh! Canadians are so nice!’” she says. We are speaking a few days before Christmas. “Peo

For all of the luxuries of Monte Carlo, the extravagance of Macau or the lifestyle of Miami, perhaps there is nowhere on the planet that has been a draw for the rich and powerful for as long as the island of Capri in Italy. Located on the Bay of Napl

Now named after American socialite and fashion icon Countess Mona von Bismarck, who acquired it in the mid-1900s, the origins of Capri’s Villa Bismarck date back to the late 1700s and it has long been one of the island’s most illustrious landmarks. S

I’m flattening out a paper map of Southern California over a wooden table at the Crossroads Cafe in Joshua Tree. Eschewing my iPhone, Google and Waze, the old-world relic of cartography leaves little doubt the quickest way home is to head south and j

In the dialect of Bologna, the home of Lamborghini’s factory and HQ, it means “thunderbolt”—a fitting moniker as the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 is the marque’s fastest and most powerful production car ever. We always expected Lamborghini would roar into

Having placed in the Top 4, Kalyssa is a small-town girl with big time goals. The 5’2” stunner is a newcomer to the modeling world, though she’s anything but an amateur. Alynn got her start in the spotlight as a professional NBA cheerleader for the O

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Matt Czuchry is not a lawyer, but he plays one on T.V. Well, he used to, anyway, though you can still catch him in reruns of The Good Wife, in which he stars as attorney, Cary Agos. The thing is Czuchry might have been an attorney instead of an actor

One evening last September, 250 guests packed Catch Steak, the slick New York City Meatpacking District hotspot. As the deejay spun, a bevy of A-listers including Spike Lee, Michael Strahan, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Les Twins ate, drank and grooved. But