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Page 89
... wine was the same as the potent red wine I had first tasted at Monte S. Angelo and the bill came to about five shillings . I was entertained by a party of four workmen at a table opposite , the only other people there , who were dressed ...
... wine was the same as the potent red wine I had first tasted at Monte S. Angelo and the bill came to about five shillings . I was entertained by a party of four workmen at a table opposite , the only other people there , who were dressed ...
Page 146
... wine gets better the farther south one goes ; it is certainly less adulterated and stronger than the more familiar wines of north and central Italy . Most wine drinkers would probably give the prize to Castel del Monte , which may be ...
... wine gets better the farther south one goes ; it is certainly less adulterated and stronger than the more familiar wines of north and central Italy . Most wine drinkers would probably give the prize to Castel del Monte , which may be ...
Page 160
... wine with him . He raised a stone slab in the floor and , to my surprise , I saw there his wine - cellar , which was a concrete tank full of wine . He let down a rubber tube into it and siphoned the wine into a jug . It was dark , red ...
... wine with him . He raised a stone slab in the floor and , to my surprise , I saw there his wine - cellar , which was a concrete tank full of wine . He let down a rubber tube into it and siphoned the wine into a jug . It was dark , red ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Gargano Peninsula the sacred cavern of | 54 |
The Feast of St Nicholas at Bari the robbing of | 91 |
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