Sicily

Don't quote me On my recent visit to Tasca d'Almerita's estate in Sicily, I was keen to discuss the brand-new DOC Sicilia. As...

Tasting articles ‘Alberto Tasca d’Almerita – CEO’ reads his business card. It perfectly describes this elegantly clad, dynamic 40-something pictured below who...

Tasting articles I am late. Actually, I am terribly late. On my way to Azienda Palari, owned by architect Salvatore Geraci and...

Inside information While Professor Scienza is trying to convince Sicilian producers to discover the wealth of their indigenous grape varieties (see Sicily...

Tasting articles 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...

Inside information How many grape varieties does Italy have? 600? 800? 1,400? The Oxford Companion even estimates an impressive 2,000 different varieties...

Inside information 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...

Free for all Below is a guide to all the articles on Sicily published on this site this week. We hope you enjoyed...

Tasting articles See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This is the finale of Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week...

Inside information See this Guide to our Sicilian week. The penultimate article in Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week. Other...

Inside information See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, also...

Tasting articles See this Guide to our Sicilian week. These tasting notes accompany a series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily...

Inside information This is the second in the series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, that we are...

Inside information See this Guide to our Sicilian week. This is the first of a series of articles by Walter Speller on...