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DOLCE
VITA
Perhaps
what happened next was simply a characteristic whim of their
Italian temperament, or maybe it was the creamy mousse of
the glass or two of vino frizzante they nipped that fateful
day.
"Neither
of us is quite clear about that anymore," says Carluccio
with a grin. Whatever the inspiration, the two real estate
agents ended up buying an old stone cottage...
They
looked around through the gently rolling landscape and sealed
the deal with a handshake. "Our wives said we were crazy,"
Joe recalls, chuckling.
The
quaint cottage quickly revealed itself to be a dump, and Joe
and Carluccio soon had to give it a complete makeover.
But the two Italian Americans still say the hill that the
alpine hut is built on was a stroke of luck...
It is
planted with old vines laden with the late-maturing white
grapes known as Prosecco.
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