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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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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The wines of Alberto Graci, Etna, Sicily
Alberto Graci’s grandfather used to make wine in Sicily, from vineyards in the centre of the island. As with many
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Etna, Sicily: I Custodi delle Vigne
Website: https://www.icustodi.it/?lang=en Natural winemaking from organically certified vines. I Custodi work with 5 parcels in the North and Southeast of
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A focus on Etna, the ultimate volcanic wine region
This was my first time in Etna. It’s a remarkable place: a wine region in the shadow of Europe’s largest
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Highlights: Domaine des Chopins Beaujolais Villages 2022
Germaine Santallier is a young vigneron in Beaujolais who worked with Marie-Thérèze Chappaz in Switzerland and then Jean-Claude Lapalu in
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