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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Sicily
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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Five go to caper island: Celebrating Malvasia in the Aeolian Islands, off the coast of Sicily
Five go to Caper Island! We fly into Catania (Sicily) and drive past Mount Etna to the port of Melazza.
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The wines of Cortese, Sicily
Website: https://www.agricolacortese.com/ After protracted negotiations, Stefano and Marina Girelli purchased Cortese from Giovanno Cortese in 2016. It’s a wine estate
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IDDA, Gaja’s new Etna winery, where they will focus their considerable efforts on making white wines from Carricante
Lisse Garnett met with Gaia Gaja to find out more ‘Elegant wines that are difficult to understand’ drew Angelo Gaja
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Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy
Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the
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Highlights: Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso 2017 Sicily, Italy
Pietradolce was established in 2005 (first vintage 2009), and they have 11 hectares of vines planted in high altitude sites
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Highlights: three from Azienda Agricola Cortese, Sicily
These are affordable, organic wines from Vittoria in Sicily. The estate was purchased by Stefano and Marina Girelli in 2016,
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Video: visiting the Aeolian island of Salina, to discover Malvasia
Salina, on of the Aoelian islands off the coast of Sicily, hosts the annual Malvasia day each year. Here was
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