Tasting Notes: A great entry into Etna Rosso is the Benanti Etna Rosso: good fruit, silky (yet firm) tannins, and the minerality that Etna is known for. Slightly reticent aromas of red cherry, rosehip, raspberry and minerals.... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Benvenuto Zibibbo Orange is a skin-contact moscato vinified dry. Super aromatic with a subtle tannic pull, this is perfect with roasted game or funky cheeses. Estate History: Giovanni Benvenuto has revived his... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Calabretta Gaio Gaio Vino Rosso is an easy drinking red with the obvious Etna Rosso quality. Light bodied with loads of berry fruit, light forest floor, and savory notes.
Estate History: For four generations,... Read More
Tasting Notes: Sherazade, from 100% Nero d'Avola, has a brilliant ruby red color with violet reflections. The nose offers a pleasantly fruity bouquet with fragrant notes of red plum and sour cherry, combined with light spicy... Read More
Tasting Notes: A label of Mount Etna’s pioneering oenology, Firriato’s Etna Bianco combines the qualities of Carricante and Catarratto—two vines that are symbolic of Etna’s viticultural tradition. The terroir... Read More
Tasting Notes: The I Vigneri Salvo Foti Etna Rosso Vinupetra is a pure window into how the wines of Mt. Etna were made in the past. A blend of 80% Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, with 10% Grenache and 10% of the local... Read More
Tasting Notes: De Bartoli makes only one red wine. Initially, Marco made it from Merlot and Cabernet, commonly planted international varieties which swept Sicily in the 1980's; his doctor recommended he drink red for his health... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Arianna Occhipinti Bianco SM - the SM stands for the Santa Margherita vineyard, or contrada- is a white wine made from the local Grillo grape. The grapes skins lay in contact with the must for about 48 hours... Read More