Produced on the island for centuries from sun-dried Zibbibo grapes, the lush dessert wine sings of terroir: of peaches, figs, honey and the Pantescan sea, soil and sun.

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It's seen even more severely, in some ways, at the smaller sister papers, like my old paper, the Baltimore Sun or at Newsday in Long Island -also a very distinguished newspaper, which no longer have foreign bureaus.

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These are extraordinary times for an island more commonly associated with sun-kissed holidays.

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Agatha Christie is said to have written "And Then There Were None" and "Evil Under The Sun" while staying on nearby Burgh Island.

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Most guests head for Ubud, the island's art capital, or travel to watch the sun set from the nearby temple at Uluwatu.

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From the top of Devil Island, off the eastern edge of the Antarctic Peninsula, the watery sun reflects off the vast tabular icebergs drifting around the Weddell Sea.

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Behind us, the sun showed itself for the first time, but an ominous cloud still hovered above the island in the distance.

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