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Is white wine the future for Sicily?
Catarratto and Grillo get a makeover on Sicily, challenging the island’s ever-popular reds. Tasca d’Almerita’s vineyards on the island of Mozia in the Marsala lagoon are pictured above. Last May...
Walter Speller
Thursday 6 November 2025
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WWC25 – An ode to Zibibbo, by Joseph Rosenfeld
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Sunday 31 August 2025
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WWC25 – The king of Mount Etna: Nerello Mascalese, by Giovanni Di Guardo
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Thursday 28 August 2025
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See our guide to recent coverage of Sicilian wines . Etna’s east side may still be unknown to most wine...
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See also Hidden Etna Part 1 – the east and the associated tasting notes . For all our recent coverage...
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This is the first of two riveting articles based on Walter's original researches on the less familiar flanks of Sicily's...
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Sicily, one of Italy’s most dynamic wine regions, is in a permanent state of flux, which is why I visit...
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See our burgeoning guide to this year's coverage of Sicilian wine. In an experimental vineyard in Marsala, 70 ancient Sicilian...
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For a quick look back in time, see Jancis's report on Sicily, Italy's new California, written 15 years ago. See...
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7 September 2017 This Throwback Thursday is a real blast from the past, published on 25 October 2002, 15 years...
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26 September 2017 See a response from the Consorzio at the bottom of this article. 5 September 2017 Look out...
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See Etna – winemakers' honeypot for my introduction to this tasting. Contrade dell’Etna, the annual presentation of embryonic Etna wines...
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See my tasting notes f rom this year's Contrade dell'Etna. Last April the ninth edition of the hugely popular Contrade...
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I admit that although I have a great interest in Italy’s many indigenous varieties, until now I have turned a...
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During the last few years I have been rather a lone voice raving about the tiny DOCs of Mamertino and...
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When I was working as a sommelier in an Italian restaurant in Berlin in the early 1990s, a colleague of...
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A couple of years ago I got an unexpected email from Jim Furze, who at the time was MD of...
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Yesterday I wrote about the general situation for Sicilian wine. My somewhat revolutionary thoughts were provoked by this year’s en...
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See also today's Rest of Italy assemblage in which there are some Sicilian tasting notes, and Walter's collection of tasting...
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