Etna, Sicily: Francesco Modica
Website: https://www.aziendamodica.it/ This is a very traditional-style producer and no sulfites are added. Francesco started vinifying with his grandfather when
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Restaurants: Honey & Co Bloomsbury, London
Website: https://honeyandco.co.uk/places/honey-co/ Just opposite Noble Rot in Lambs Conduit Street, Honey & Co is a really good restaurant offering middle
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Highlights: Champagne Drappier Clarevallis
This is such an interesting wine, which I recently revisited after trying two years earlier. Clarevallis is the name given
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Etna, Sicily: Carranco
Website: https://www.palmentocarranco.com/en/ This is a new project that began in 2018, and it’s a collaboration between Barolo producer Borgogno and
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Etna, Sicily: Theresa Eccher
Website: https://theresaeccher.com/en/ Theresa Eccher is the name of Daniela Conta Eccher’s grandmother. With her husband Andrea Panozzo, Daniela began this
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Etna, Sicily: Benanti
Website: https://www.benanti.it/en/ Benanti are one of the important wineries in Etna, and modern Etna was kick-started by Dr Giuseppe Benanti,
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Bordeaux 2021 in bottle: ratings of many of the top wines
I don’t taste the cask samples of the new vintage of Bordeaux en primeurs, for quite a few reasons, but
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Etna, Sicily: Tenute delle Terre Nere
Website: https://www.tenutaterrenere.com/en/home-english/ Marco de Grazia’s Terre Nere is one of the star producers in Etna. All the grapes are sorted
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Etna, Sicily: Cusumano’s Alta Mora
Website: https://altamora.it/en/altm-2/ This is owned by the Cusumano family, a well known Sicilian producer, and the project began in 2013
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Frank Cornelissen: remarkable wines from Etna, Sicily
Website: www.frankcornelissen.it Frank Cornelissen was in London promoting his 2019 single-vineyard wines, which he describes as the culmination of fine-tuning,
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