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Recovering Marsala's history – the wine reviews
Part 2 of Walter’s in-depth look at the new generation of producers reviving Marsala’s reputation. Above, Nino Barraco, one of the movement’s stars. For background, see part 1: Recovering Marsala’s...
Walter Speller
Wednesday 14 January 2026
• 5 min read
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Recovering Marsala's history – without the British
Walter Speller
Tuesday 13 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Is white wine the future for Sicily?
Walter Speller
Thursday 6 November 2025
• 6 min read
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Walter casts off his prejudices during a tasting with a Mafia-buster.
I was never very aware of Perricone, an ancient...
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An auspicious Sicilian red to welcome the Year of the Ox, which begins today.
From €15.50, $22.99, 590 Czech koruna...
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22 September See additions from Settesoli below.
2 1 September Walter Speller assesses the life of the giant of Sicilian...
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The town of Marsala in Sicily may be best known for its dessert wine, but this wine of the week...
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The first of three collections of assorted Italian tasting notes. This time we work our way up the peninsula from...
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Jinglin Zhang is the founder of Grape Paradise, a boutique wine importer focusing on Italian wine in China. After gaining...
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It was surely inevitable that Sicily's first fine-wine producer would establish themselves on the volcano … bottle-shot by Benedetto Tarantino...
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Fancy a bit of escapism? Jonathan Reeve, who inspired our first escapist photo-portrait of a wine destination, Chambolle-Musigny, contributes his...
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A pure, expressive and finely textured red from the north slopes of the volcano.
2016 from €23.95, $34.99, £29.50
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Carlo Ferrini's own wines are light years from the ones that made his reputation as a winemaking consultant in Italy...
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Sicily's table wines may be riding high but the island's most famous fortified wine is in the doldrums, laments Tim...
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See also Tim’s cri de coeur about how complicated and under-promoted marsala is. Now, on with the story. To make...
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Julia tracks down a heart-winning, intense dry white from the Sicilian island of Lipari. From €13, $22, £18.50, 3,300 yen...
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Contrade dell’Etna, the annual en primeur presentation of Etna wines which took place last April just below Europe’s largest and...
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See our guide to Walter's recent coverage of Sicily and also Faro and Mamertino together – a first. On my...
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For more on Walter's coverage of Sicily this year, see Sicily 2017 – the guide. Malvasia is the name of...
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