Surely the best antidote to the unending grey (and rain) of a British January is a vision in bright white, topped with azure and studded with fuchsia: a hot-climate colour combination that comes with the useful side benefit of nurturing great grapes. You can uncork a bottle of assyrtiko from Santorini – itself a pure pale gold reminiscent of sunshine – or better yet, schedule a trip to this tiny volcanic island where the houses are roofed in Mediterranean blue and decorated with a shocking-pink flower that would offset our winter sky beautifully, if only it could be persuaded to grow here.
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