I think every wine lover can appreciate what a difficult job this is: to select the best of the best after having tasted through dozens and dozens of some of…
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I couldn’t come all the way to Italy without visiting some of my relatives. Both my mother and father’s families came from Italy, my maternal side from the Marche and…
Today is our last full day on the Islands.We had 2 distinct activities. First we boarded a private boat and went to Vulcano Island, the closest to Lipari. Vulcano has…
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…
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…
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