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Dynamite example of old vines from Etna. Structured and intense without being too tight to drink young. Bouquet of...
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Smoked meat, volcanic ash, licorice and wild cherries. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky tannins. Delightfully...
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Slightly advanced color of brick red. The nose shows dried cherries, spices and strawberries with some soya. Medium...
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Deep, dark ruby red with a purplish hue. Complex bouquet on the nose, with notes of blackberries, plums, and Marasca...
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Deep, dark ruby red with a purplish hue. Complex bouquet on the nose, with notes of blackberries, plums, and Marasca...
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The finest dark chocolate, roses, cedar, sage, dried red currants, spiced orange peel; you can go on and on with a...
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Aromas of ripe strawberries and orange peel follow through to a full body, light tannins and a juicy finish. Full of...
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A wine made from a careful selection of indigenous grape varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from...
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A new dimension in Etna red that belongs in the highest league of Italian and global wines. Enveloping floral,...
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2015 Italy Sicily

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

The beautiful island of Sicily has been growing grapevines and producing wines for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks first landed on its golden shores and noticed the island's true potential as a haven for quality grapes. Today, the island is one of Italy's primary wine regions, and even though over eighty percent of Sicily's grapevines are used for the production of sweet fortified wines, the remaining wineries making other wine styles are renowned around the world for their quality and character. Indeed, Sicilian wineries are famed for their ability to capture something of the sun-drenched region in their wines, and the vines they cultivate benefit enormously from the almost constant sunshine and the incredibly fertile volcanic soils which typify the island.