This year's en primeur tastings in Sicily (see below for my 111 notes taken there), organised annually by Assovini Sicilia, a group of some of the best producers shaping the island's quality-wine production, focused on the 'naturalness of production'.
This 'naturalness' was a reference...
Sicilia en primeur 2011
Wednesday 4 May 2011
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?, Etna – a change in the rules,, Sicilia DOC? And Brand Nero d'Avola, and Etna's endangered yeasts. There are more tasting notes in Some Etna classics.
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