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    Feb 03, 2021 4 minutes

    Rose-tinted spectacles

    I was intrigued that the British real estate brokers quoted in your news item about the surge of interest in Tuscan wine estates (January 2021 issue) cite the Covid-driven realisation that people can ‘work from...the Tuscan countryside’ as the reason.

    Why Tuscany rather than any other wine region? Super-fast broadband is the number one requirement I hear from those wanting to work abroad. And then a way of addressing the tax issues (where to tax income/profits/sales?) and cross-border data retention/transfer challenges. Boring practical stuff trumping decisions of the heart!

    Paul Etherington, Reading, UK

    Premier cru prime choice?

    Through a stroke of good luck I have been able to participate in a number of tastings of white Burgundies over the last 12 years.

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