Vanilla Beans and Brodo
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: March 26, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9780743209342
Subjects: Italy; Places & peoples: general interest; Travel writing
First sentence: The stone walls encircling Montalcino, first completed in the year 1110, form a defensive band around the village like a stone circle pushed down over the crown of the irregular-shaped hill.