The Magpie's Balancing Act

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Postcards from Tuscany, sent infrequently.
Contents may vary and may include: art, wine, Montalcino, restaurant and book recommendations, the vagaries of life in Italy.

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About Laura R. Gray

I have lived in Tuscany since 1995; 20 years spent running a Brunello estate in Montalcino, now in Siena finishing my book and working as a winery whisperer.

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