An article I read about the Aeolian Islands sparked my interest and eventually led Wine Lovers to organize our first ever tour to this archipelago of 7 islands off the…
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It’s hard to top many of the visits on our Sicily tour. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, it did on our last day. We started with…
I was afraid it would be hard to beat yesterday’s great visits but today’s winery experiences were just as good and maybe even better. We started with an exceptional visit…
Another day in Paradise for wine lovers! First we started at Passopisciaro, a word that means passing of the lava flow. Here on the north slopes of Etna, the harvest…
Today as we headed towards Taormina, we made a lunch visit at the Nicosia Winery just outside Catania. This is another family-owned estate that has grown enormously in recent years…
Today on our way to Agrigento we stopped at one of the beacons of Sicilian winemaking, Planeta. Our hostess was none other than Chiara Planeta. The Planeta family has been…
Wine, local cuisine, culture: we achieved our goals again with some great wines, a special lunch and travel through rural Sicily. Our first visit was to the Rapitalà Winery, a…
Our mantra at Wine Lovers is wine, local cuisine and culture, and we achieved our goal again today. We started at the magnificent Cathedral of Monreale, the finest example of…
A beautiful sunny Fall day is a great way to begin our Sicily tour. We started with a guided walking tour of old town Palermo. This is my 5th visit…
If you’re a bona fide wine lover, there are 2 columns you need to read religiously each week: Eric Asimov in Wednesday’s NY Times, and Lettie Teague, in the Saturday/Sunday…
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