The last thing I expected from a visit to Ayrshire was to be greeted by Madonna. Nothing against her Madge, just tat the short walk from the car park to reception is not improved by a blaring pop-music command to express myself.

The Moray Feu Edinburgh: A Living History in the Scottish Capital.
Photography by Chris Close. Foreword by Alexander McCall Smith. Words by Nielsen Dinwoodie. Edited by Kitty Finstad

What did the Romans ever do for England? Well, beyond the usual tokens of roads and sanitation, their gifts extended to planting the first vines. The soil was workable, the weather was amenable, and so began the vinous culture that’s continued here, albeit with some major historical hiccups, for the past two thousand years.

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When everything seemed a dream. Swishy and floaty in a gentle groove of muted multi-colours. Wasn’t it 1973 and everyone dwelt in Bohemia? Those cold days and misty windows when Sacha’s Afghan hound came bounding home through the snow…

Even before its eponymous entrance signals your arrival at Red Gate Farm – bought by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1979 – you know you’ve arrived somewhere utterly singular. The gently curving drive, the dappled light breaking through a forest of mature trees, the earthy scent of moss mixed with salty ocean air… a wild Atlantic retreat.

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