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Italy’s 10 most exciting wine stylesThe styles, regions and vintages every wine lover should know about
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Etna: A rising forceStephen Brook reports on these island wines...
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Ten Sicilian wineries at the top of their gameThis volcanic Mediterranean island is also home to a thriving wine industry...
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Why Graci Arcurìa is a Sicilian red to watchCellarworthy reds from Etna...
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Off the beaten track: 10 hidden gems in Southern ItalyHere is where to look...
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Top volcanic winesTop wines from volcanic terroirs...
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Anson: Visiting Vinding-Diers’ Sicily projectTasting Peter Vinding-Diers' Sicilian wine...
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Cortese: A ‘new’ organic estate to watch in SicilyRead a profile and notes on this estate's first wines...
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Italian wine is up to 3,000 years older than we thought – studyAncient pots in Sicilian caves change history...
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Mafia vineland given to coops in SicilyCorleone may be a name more synonymous with Al Pacino than Nerello Cappuccio, but it is in this Sicilian village that confiscated mafia land is being given over to wine production.
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Depardieu moves into Sicily
French film star Gerard Depardieu and his partner Carole Bouquet are producing one of Sicily's top red wines with a leading Sicilian producer.
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Sicily’s big brand dilemma
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Sicily: hot stuff
Sicily’s heat once meant its wines were big, ripe and alcoholic, but no longer. As CARLA CAPALBO discovers, the best Sicilian reds are now highly drinkable
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Europe’s winter freeze: Snow hits Sicily vineyardsWhy snow can help the wines of Etna...
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Regional profile: Etna, SicilyAn influx of growers and winemakers over recent decades has meant that the vinous potential of Etna's unique volcanic terroir is finally being fully realised. Exciting times, says Simon Woolf.
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Vine growing on remote Italian island gets UNESCO heritage statusA grapevine growing technique handed down through centuries of generations on the island of Pantelleria after it was settled by the Phoenicians has been granted UNESCO World Heritage status.
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Simply Red singer Hucknall buys into Sicily
Millionaire pop star Mick Hucknall is set to buy vineyard land on Sicily to produce 'the best red wine in the world.'
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Italy’s biggest private estate invests in Sicily
Gianni Zonin, owner of one of Italy's biggest private estates and wineries, is investing €20m (US$18.7m) in southern Italy.
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Video interview: Francesca Planeta of Planeta WinesWatch our exclusive video interview with Francesca Planeta of Planeta Wines talking about their new winemaking project on Mount Etna in Sicily...
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Political infighting threatens Sicilian Institute
A black hole in the coffers of Sicily's regional government is threatening the survival of its most important wine institute, the Istituto Regionale della Vite e del Vino.
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Etna eruption threatens DOC vineyards
Lava from Europe's most active volcano is within strolling distance of some of Sicily's top vineyards. The weekend's eruption of Mount Etna has also left winery roads and property in tatters.
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Simply a red: Hucknall launches wine
Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall launched his new Sicilian wine in Rome last week.
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Rare Vega Sicilia at Sotheby’s
A collection of Vega Sicilia going back to 1960 comes under the hammer at Sotheby's next week.
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Inzolia (white)
Grown mainly in Sicily and in Tuscany a little. Used commonly in white table wines, it has an acidic, nutty flavour.
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Malvasia (white)
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Nero d’Avola (red)
Good quality red grape variety, almost indigenous to Sicily producing intense, ageworthy reds, especially when blended and matured in small oak casks.
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Vega Sicilia legal battle to last ‘up to 5 years’Renowned Spanish producer Vega Sicilia has become embroiled in a 'lamentable' family conflict as managing director Pablo Alvarez battles his father for control of the estate.
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More funding for ex-Mafia vineyardMore funds are being earmarked for wine production in Sicilian vineland confiscated from the Mafia.
