Romancing The New Year

January, 1996

Imagine spending New Year's Eve at an Italian villa nestled in the misty hills that Titian painted and Palladio dotted with palaces. The restaurant in the villa is one of Italy's finest, known for its outstanding entrées and wines. The evening is black tie, your meal is candlelit. At midnight, amid a popping of corks and cries of "buon anno," your date is presented with a pair of earrings. The Villa Cipriani, less than an hour northwest of Venice, is just one of the following eight hot...