Volcanic Wine Awards 2026

From €13.50, $17.99, 129 Swedish krone, 1,010 roubles, £85 a dozen in bond Find this wine Here's a rosé to drink in a snowstorm, so solid, intriguing and comforting is it. It's made by Marc De Grazia in his dramatic...

8 Aug – Barbara Santilli adds, ' Although It's still hard to assess the damage, Andrea says we lost about 20% of the 2012 production; from Passopisciaro they're saying we lost the equivalent of about 7,000 bottles. Unfortunately these fires...

Last year I reported on Salvo Foti, one of Etna's most prominent consultant oenologists, and especially his stance on ambient yeasts (as can be read here). Although Foti seems not to be over-fond of journalists asking superfluous questions (at least...

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 Etna – a change in the rules, Sicilia DOC...

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 change in the rules, and Sicilia DOC? And Brand...

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 DOC? And Brand Nero d'Avola...

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 change in the rules, Sicilia...

From €10.95 and $18.98 Find this wine (and Ch Sigalas Rabaud 2009 Sauternes) As I explained in my account of the recent Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux, the Greek Wine Federation treated us to some of the their best...

Look out for a plethora of tasting notes on Italy's recent fine vintages next week – JR It is not every day that one stumbles upon 120-year-old vines, and although Australia has its fair share of centenarian vineyards, mainly in...

This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See also tasting notes on nearly 60 Etna wines. One of the most exciting things about my job is the discovery of a new wine...

This article was also published in the Financial Times. As the waiter in the Osteria Antica Marina in Catania, Sicily, a 15 minute drive from the airport, brought us the second half of the dozen or so small white bowls...

See also my overview Etna – the burgundy of the Mediterranean? The nearly 60 tasting notes below were taken at the first Contrade dell'Etna wine fair we were lucky enough to attend. The point of the tasting was to demonstrate...