October 19, 2026 · Eva Winterer Sicily in Seven Notes: Spezieria Siciliana and the Perfume of an Island Spezieria Siciliana, a new perfume house in Palermo, makes natural perfumes from Sicilian plants and dates each one by its harvest, like wine. Its first, a neroli distilled from the orange blossom of Messina, revives …
September 11, 2026 · Eva Winterer The Great Small Vintage of 2026: A Season of Concentration Drought and heat pressed Europe’s 2026 vintage into its lowest yields in decades and, in the same stroke, its densest fruit. From Champagne to the Rhine the grapes came in small and thick-skinned, while England …
September 8, 2026 · Eva Winterer The Taste of El Niño: How Drought and Heat Are Rewriting the Chemistry of Wine, Oil and Linen As extreme weather shifts the meteorological baseline, the 2026 harvest faces a fundamental change in product quality. The overlay of El Niño and European drought is being measured in the structural chemistry of luxury goods: …
July 20, 2026 · Eva Winterer A Sale That Ends in a Memo: The 2010s Stay at Estée Lauder A sale process that reached final bids ends without a buyer: The Estée Lauder Companies keeps Too Faced, Smashbox and Dr.Jart+, restructures them under smaller teams, and names the operating model of the beauty independents …
Movers When Banks Become Hotels: Stephan Ferenczy on Urban Change, Restaurants and the Life of Old Buildings
