The following tasting notes and observations on about 75 fine wines made at this year's presentation of Sicilian wines en primeur are divided by grape variety, since the island has such a rich...

Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Sicily's first (and so far only) DOCG in a sea of vino da tavola and a handful of osbcure, but potentially very interesting DOCs, showed itself with an easy-going...

In a nutshell: Dessert wine tradition but in complete transformation. Main grapes: Catarratto, Inzolia (white); Nero d'Avola, Nerello Mascalese (red). Sicily is as...

The Comitato Nazionale Vini, Italy's national wine commision dealing with all proposals regarding designations, has approved the new DOC Sicilia. As reported here , the Assovini group of the...

Not (yet?) available outside Italy, alas . Checking over our wines of the week so far this year, I see that the most popular single type of wine has been Italian red. My recent immersion...

Below is a guide to all the articles on Sicily published on this site this week. We hope you enjoyed some of my insights into the fast-changing winescape on this beautiful island. The most...

See this Guide to our Sicilian week . This is the finale of Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week. Starting with Etna - should it be DOCG? , other articles include...

See this Guide to our Sicilian week . The penultimate article in Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week. Other articles include Etna - should it be DOCG? , Etna - a...

See this Guide to our Sicilian week . This series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, also includes Etna - should it be DOCG? , Etna - a change in the...

See this Guide to our Sicilian week . These tasting notes accompany a series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, including Etna - should it be DOCG? ,...

This is the second in the series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, that we are publishing all this week. Following on from Etna - should it be DOCG? is Sicilia...

See this Guide to our Sicilian week . This is the first of a series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, that we will be publishing all this week. Etna - a...

Last Friday, Marco De Bartoli, Marsala wine's undisputed leader and one of the most admired wine personalities in Italy, died at the age of 66 after a short illness. De Bartoli, descendant...

From €10.60, US$23.44, £13.80 Find this wine   You may remember my rather gushing review of Cos Frappato 2008 IGT Sicilia   earlier this year, where I gave some...

See Walter's tasting notes on 75 Sicilian wines shown at this year's en primeur tasting. While the dust of Bordeaux 2009 en primeur has yet to settle, Italy seems to have taken a great...