In Sicily: Etna trek
Sicily vineyard tour day 1: Etna trek, clashing with lava, and enjoying a good Grenache.
Tag Archives: Sicily
Flowery wine
Sicily’s rising star Arianna Occhipinti makes controversial wines. After lukewarm impressions from the 2007 vintage I have a look at the 2009 Il Frappato and man, this wine rocks!
Frappato: unique
Sicily’s Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an unexpected wine: light, airy, perfumed and Burgundian though it comes from Europe’s southernmost corner.
The Talking Cricket
Forget flabby, low-acid, jammy, oxidative wine from Sicily. Here’s something really fresh and elegant. Plus a nice 19th-century drawing.
Etna: two fine reds
During my stay on the Etna last summer (read here) I picked up a few bottles to taste at home and get a more complete picture of this very exciting […]
On the Etna (3)
Salvo Foti. My last day on the Etna was a vineyard tour guided by Salvo Foti, a leading local viticulturalist and winemaker. Foti is consulting for some large wineries […]
On the Etna (2)
My second day on the Etna was at Vinimilo, a wine tasting event that’s been organised in Milo, a somewhat seedy town on the eastern slope of the volcano, for […]
On the Etna (1)
I’m on Etna in Sicily to participate in the Vinimilo event, where 26 producers from Italy, France and Spain will present wines made from bush vines (alberello). There are some […]
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna 2007
I’m off to Etna in a few minutes. I love volcanic wines, and the prospect of exploring the vineyards on Europe’s highest volcano is exciting. I’ll also be meeting with […]
Fondo Antico Grillo Parlante 2007
Long underdeveloped, Sicilian wines are gathering momentum. But few of the whites are exciting. Here’s the best of them all, made from the local Grillo grape.
