Tuscan Trilogy

Nearing a million copies in print, the three memoirs of the Máté family building a dream life in sun-drenched Tuscany have entranced readers with their witty, poignant, and poetically personal accounts. The first book covers their new town, the neighbors, and of course food and wine; the second, restoring an abandoned thirteenth-century friary and starting a now world-renowned wine estate; the third, the indispensable life lessons they learned along the way. The Mátés' story will inspire us all.

"Made to order for an open-minded American traveler." Rick Steves

Muscular prose . . . like Paul Bunyan on a Tuscan holiday.Charming, lively. . . . Titanic in appeal.Readers share a feeling of accomplishment and pride when their Syrah is voted 'Italian Red Wine of the Year.'Will delight the senses and rekindle anyone's sense of adventure.

These three international bestsellers together in a boxed set will delight Italophiles.

Ferenc Máté was born in Hungary and escaped after the revolution at the age of eleven. He grew up in Vancouver, and has lived in California, Paris, Rome, the Bahamas and New York. He had worked on a railroad extra-gang and as a boatbuilder, photographer, deckhand and book editor. His many books include the nautical bestsellers From a Bare Hull, Shipshape and The World's Best Sailboats, as well as Autumn, A New England Autumn, A Reasonable Life, A Real Life, The Hills of Tuscany and The Wisdom of Tuscany. He and his family run their vineyards and winery in Montalcino, Tuscany.