The return of bucolic aesthetics A phenomenon that crosses fashion, lifestyle, gastronomy and current affairs

An expanse of wheat, vast, that seems to swallow the horizon from all sides. Then a bed, a chair and a curvy walkway that draws curved lines. Jacquemus's new Spring/Summer 2020 show opens in the cornfields about an hour from Paris, where the brand French parades dozens of models and models in the middle of the local countryside, where you can see only blonde ears, trees and sky and echoes the unmistakable noise of the steps trampling on straw. In one word, a perfect representation of bucolic aesthetics.

Part of the attraction, undeniably, is food. The local production is in fact integrated with the landscape offer and it is obvious that for the new sustainable variations of food culture, the typical product becomes (for those who can afford it) the emblem of summer food. In this regard, the Michelin-starred chefs also supported the trend, with the opening, by Massimo Bottura, of the Maria Luigia Hotel in the province of Modena, as well as Cannavacciuolo which has Villa Crespi as a flagship restaurant, not just in the open countryside but still out of town and in the middle of nature. Therefore, the aggressive experiences of food and landscape are basically those of a radical change for a few days, with the search for the retail taste and the real essence of the products. In short, the one that you can rarely have in everyday life in the city, among the shelves of supermarkets, or if nothing else, as shown by the smile of Filippa Lagerback in the Arezzo area, to try to taste it in the middle of a field of sunflowers. 

Chiantishire, a new age definition of the Chianti hills in Tuscany, is a perfect spot for it. A territory symbol of the country aesthetic in which wine and kilometer zero meet in a mild climate and a relaxing landscape, to spend in a cottage or in a relais and spa. And in fact Sting had seen us along: in 1999 with his wife Trudie Styler he decided to buy one of the most famous villas in the hills around Florence, Villa Plagio, and for several years, he produces - with his own hand - a great wine - who would not want to try his Message in a white bottle of 2018?