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Mount Etna Wines: What Makes Them So Special?
I’m crazy for bottles from Sicily and especially Mount Etna wines. The reds are primarily made from the Nerello Mascalese grape; the white wines are mostly Carricante. Tasting these wines (and even some rosé and sparkling!) while on Vulcano Island attending “Sicilia en Primeur” as a media guest last year was one of many vinous [More]
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Tagged best wines sicily, carriacante, mount etna wine, nerello mascalese, pietradolce
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Happiness is a Sparkling Rosé Made from Nerello Mascalese
I feel so passionately about drinking sparkling rosé, especially examples made from unusual grapes like Nerello Mascalese, that I’d gladly pedal this pink bicycle around town to try and win new converts. I have had a lifelong (well, since I attained legal drinking age) love of dry rosé and my feeling is adding bubbles just [More]
Posted in Italy, sparkling wine
Tagged italy, nerello mascalese, prosecco, rose, sparkling wine, valdo
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