Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
by Chris Stewart
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
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Bel Vino: A Year of Sundrenched Pleasure Among the Vines of Tuscany
by Isabella Dusi
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Unravelling the secrets of monks and wine harvests in Montalcino.

It's All Greek To Me: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, ruins, retsina - and real Greeks
by John Mole
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Snowball Oranges: One Mallorcan Winter
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