A fertile fervor excites the senses, setting in motion creative, sensuous appetites. intoxicated by a renaissance reminiscences, saturated in references to the great classic arts, our senses are at fever pitch.
Elegance turns gourmand and celebrates opulence. ascetic abstinence is shunned. library, cellar pantry and wardrobe can now only be imagined fully stocked, perpetually satiating the taste for beauty. the nobility of good living and good eating, knowing that only the best will do, is emerging as a new rebellion, like a manifesto against standardized, bastardized luxury. a neo-classic mood, drawing its roots from centuries of culture, cloaks the everyday in an intriguing silken veil. the nobie arts, niche line crafts and wine tourism, unveiling the riches of the land, become the new markers at a generation of expert, pleasure-seeking consumers who revel in such deadly sins...