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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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Cheek gets you everywhere. At least that is what I thought for a moment when I contacted Alberto Tasca d’Almerita...
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Walter has been writing so many articles as a result of his travels in Sicily this year that we thought...
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See The resurrection of Mamertino and Mamertino's producers – all of them. In the picture is Alessia Planeta of western...
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See The resurrection of Mamertino and the tasting notes. Following Alessio's car in the blazing sunlight, in stark contrast to...
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The Italian winescape is awash with ancient wine denominations, of which unfortunately quite a few are languishing in obscurity or...
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See Sicily in 2013 – a guide for links to all related articles.The day after my Faro tasting I was...
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Readers may remember how only last year I raved about the Faro wines of two producers, Bonavita and Salvatores Geraci's...
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Can Nero d'Avola produce fine wines that express a very specific place of origin and improve with age? Sicilian father...
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The rival, royal warrant-holding wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd and Justerini & Brooks face each other across London’s St...
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8 Aug – Barbara Santilli adds, ' Although It's still hard to assess the damage, Andrea says we lost about...
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Last year I reported on Salvo Foti, one of Etna's most prominent consultant oenologists, and especially his stance on ambient...
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On my recent visit to Tasca d'Almerita's estate in Sicily, I was keen to discuss the brand-new DOC Sicilia. As...
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‘Alberto Tasca d’Almerita – CEO’ reads his business card. It perfectly describes this elegantly clad, dynamic 40-something pictured below who...
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I am late. Actually, I am terribly late. On my way to Azienda Palari, owned by architect Salvatore Geraci and...
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While Professor Scienza is trying to convince Sicilian producers to discover the wealth of their indigenous grape varieties (see Sicily...
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