Vanilla Beans & Brodo
Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany
Bel Vino
A year of sundrenched pleasure among the vines of Tuscany

                                                    by  isabella dusi

 

 

 

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Writer, historian, and Italy tour guide Isabella Dusi reveals Italy from the inside. Visit Isabella’s tour page www.tourstravelitaly.com and travel on a personalised Italian Journey designed by Isabella taking you to the fascinating heart of Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto, Puglia, Sicily.

 

 

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An evocative story of the rivalry between village neighbourhoods. Isabella destroys the myth that Tuscan villages are tranquil and reveals a life infinitely rich and packed with drama.

Vanilla Beans & Brodo offers a rare  insight into the anxiety, joy, fun and intensity of village life.

Isabella settled in Montalcino, a beautiful mountain eyrie famous for its wine and the proud nature of its inhabitants. Her acceptance into this close-knit community was  hard-won and inspired her to capture the true spirit of Montalcino.

 

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Immersed in curious rituals borne of ancient customs and fuelled by lingering feuds, Isabella tells a glorious tale of legends and truths peppered with porcini hunts, harvesting olives and purple grapes, zealous archers, ancient castles and a noble Contessa.

Isabella senses that hidden beneath the age-old nobility, poverty and rivalry that drive the inward-looking Montalcinesi, there is more to learn about the aristocratic origins of the prestigious Brunello di Montalcino, and she sets out to unravel its tangled secrets…..

 

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