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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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Sicily, with its many layers of different civilisations such as the Greek one in evidence here at Agrigento, is one...
Don't quote me
Every year the en primeur tasting organised by Assovini Sicilia demands of the attendees a certain strategic approach. Last year...
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How many grape varieties does Italy have? 600? 800? 1,400? The Oxford Companion even estimates an impressive 2,000 different varieties...
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The Comitato Nazionale Vini, Italy's national wine commision dealing with all proposals regarding designations, has approved the new DOC Sicilia...
Wines of the week
Not (yet?) available outside Italy, alas. Checking over our wines of the week so far this year, I see that...
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Below is a guide to all the articles on Sicily published on this site this week. We hope you enjoyed...
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This is the finale of Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week...
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week. The penultimate article in Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week. Other...
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, also...
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week. These tasting notes accompany a series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily...
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This is the second in the series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, that we are...
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This is the first of a series of articles by Walter Speller on...
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Last Friday, Marco De Bartoli, Marsala wine's undisputed leader and one of the most admired wine personalities in Italy, died...
Wines of the week
From €10.60, US$23.44, £13.80 Find this wine You may remember my rather gushing review of Cos Frappato 2008 IGT Sicilia...
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See Walter's tasting notes on 75 Sicilian wines shown at this year's en primeur tasting. While the dust of Bordeaux...
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The following tasting notes and observations on about 75 fine wines made at this year's presentation of Sicilian wines en...
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