In fact, Wintour did escape from the Roundheads by using the river nearby on two separate occasions, but from less spectacular positions at Lancaut and Sedbury.
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Wintour's Leap is named after Royalist Sir John Wintour who, hotly pursued on his horse by Parliamentary forces, according to local myth survived a leap off the cliff and, landing safely in the Wye below, swam to safety in the nearby Chepstow Castle.
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The ravine at the Albion Falls has a legend of the Lover's Leap.
Within Pembrokeshire the Carboniferous Limestone forms the spectacular coastal cliffs at St Govan’s Head along from which are features such as Huntsman’s Leap and the Green Bridge of Wales, a natural arch.
Throughout the 1970s Rick Kinzbrunner, a mechanical engineer, travelled and spent time with wineries in New Zealand, the USA and France including Stag's Leap, Simi Winery and the owners of Chateau Petrus, the Moueix group.
Wintour's sister Anna is the editor of American Vogue, while his father, Charles, was editor of the Evening Standard, and his brother Jim arranged equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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The son of Charles Vere Wintour by his marriage to Eleanor Trego Wintour (née Baker), Wintour was educated at
Princess Winona (Princess We-Noh-Nah) is the central Native American character in a "Lover's Leap" romantic legend set at Maiden Rock on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin in the United States.