Azienda Agricola COS
We have just returned from a week staying at Locanda COS - accommodation at the Sicilian wine producer Azienda Agricola COS. You might already know that I am a bit of a fan of COS wines (see here and...
View ArticleValle dell’Acate
While staying at COS, on Sicily we popped North a little, to the other side of the Acate Valley to visit the eponymous Valle dell’Acate cantina. We had pre-booked using the contact details on the...
View ArticleThe World of Sicilian Wine – book review
This is a review of The World of Sicilian Wine, by Bill Nesto and Frances Di Savino, available in hardback in the UK for just under £20. The visual appearance of this book is not great. It has no...
View ArticleTwo palmentos on Etna
This was our second trip to Sicily, the first one being to the South East, where we stayed at COS, and also visited Valle dell’Acate. This time we were in the Etna region, and each place we stayed in...
View ArticleA visit to Tenuta delle Terre Nere, near Randazzo, Etna
We started our visit to Tenuta delle Terre Nere in the winery office, and met our host Marco Ciancio. The first thing that caught my eye in the office was a large geological relief map of the Etna...
View ArticleA visit to Calabretta, Randazzo, Etna
The cantina of Calabretta, despite being on the main road through Randazzo, is easy to miss. We just about managed to locate it the previous day, Sunday, when it looked pretty much like it did in...
View ArticleA visit to the Etna vineyards Monte Ilice and Carpene
Monte Ilice and Carpene were both owned by Vini Biondi until 2011, at which point Ciro Biondi and his business partner Giuseppe Brancatelli separated. After the separation, Giuseppe finished up in...
View ArticleA tasting of Etna wines
Ben (that’s Benjamin Spencer of Etna Wine Lab) had just shown us around the palmento at our hotel, and ferried us the short distance to the restaurant Da Antonio for this tasting. It was from one...
View ArticleCOS Pithos Rosso 2011
Made in the Cerasuolo di Vittoria region in Sicily, this has the correct grape varieties – Nero d’Avola and Frappato – to be called Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOC were it not for the winemaking. What is...
View ArticleNero Oro – Nero d’Avola appassimento from Sicily
Nero Oro, Appassimento, Nero d’Avola, Sicilia DOC, The Wine People, 2017, 14.0%. This is available from Majestic for around £9 if you “mix six”, otherwise £10. Oh, and it really is a Sicilia DOC wine...
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