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August 15, 2021

Cabernet Sauvignon in Sicily

To find Cabernet Sauvignon in Sicily is common. In fact some wineries has French heritage and some do not even work with local indigenous…

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Sicilian September is just work and school basical

Sicilian September is just work and school basically. But in good company from Terrazze Dell'Etna with their Cuvée Brut made of 100% Chardonnay. A french grape suiting well on Sicilian soil. 🌋🥂
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Amazing thing is the persistent pearlage as my champagne storage cork flew out the open window when filling up, and my plan was not to enjoy a whole bottle. So I just put a metal teaspoon on the bottle opening... and next day it was still smooth and bubbly like never opened.👌
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🍇 Winery: @terrazzedelletna
🥂 Wine: Cuvée Brut 2016 Metodo Classico
Aromas of tangerine, passion fruit, stone, salvia, hint of biscuit.
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When I worked in the travelindustry, hundreds of guests passed this winery in seven years. I manage to visit just once 😔 but hopefully going soon. ☀️🤗
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Finally some rain in Sicily after a long superhot

Finally some rain in Sicily after a long superhot and humid summer, mixed with eruptions and Sahara sand clouds. A great occasion to pop a natural Etna white wine from: @emilio_sciacca_etna_wine 🌋🥂
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The color is amazing! Reminds me of sunsets in Marsala those hot summer nights just waiting for the temperatures to drop some and the evening breeze to come in.
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🍇 Winery: Emilio Sciacca
🥂 Wine: Biancopiglio 2019
Grapes: a nice blend of Carricante, Catarratto (both famous Etna grapes), Grecanico dorato and Coda di Volpe (means fox tail. Kinda cool name).
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Aromas of orange, apricot, stone and hint of grapefruit. Balanced, complex, medium acidity, long finish.
But like natural wines are, tomorrow the aromas has changed and will taste again.
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More of a red wine and bubbles sipper, but this superstrange summer weather have bought more white wines 'cause even a chilled Frappato was too much in +49 °C. So thanks to the weather discovered more whites. 👏👏👏
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Sunday bubbles Sicilian winelife style. 🥂🌋

Sunday bubbles Sicilian winelife style. 🥂🌋
In my hammock by some small Etna road "I-don't-know-where" with one of my favourite Sicilian brut from Destro winery.
It is also Pas Dose, or as they say in Italian "Dosaggio Zero", this means "no sugar added". It is very common in all bubbles making where extra sugar is added in the making.
I love Pas Dose because it gives a more pure taste of the product.
Destro I discovered some years ago and is still on my top list. Sicily has many brut's and still has much work to do, but quality in general is increasing every year. The island is on a good road. 👌🥂
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🍇 Winery: @azienda_agricola_destro
🥂 Wine: Saxanigra 2014 Etna D.O.C Dosaggio Zero, Metodo Classico.
Early citrus aromas, passion fruit, stone, biscuit.
Made of 100% Nerello Mascalese.
Nice long pearlage.
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Saxanigra means "black stone" in Sicilian which refers to lavastone.
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What life is about for me; the five senses, the se

What life is about for me; the five senses, the seven chacras, the soul, intelligent conversations, testing limits, constant selfwork, experiences, loins keeping parts together... and share it with people who embraces the same.
The rest other's can keep.
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Dare to say this is one of the best Sicilian Catar

Dare to say this is one of the best Sicilian Catarratto I've had. 🥂👌
Slow fermentation in barrique gives a nice complex white wine with tropical aromas and honey. The color is like a Sicilian sunset in August, intense yellow.
To be served bit warmer, + 14°C.
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🍇 Winery: Fazio Wines
🥂 Wine: Trenta-Salmi 2016
100% Catarratto
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To find Cabernet Sauvignon in Sicily is common. In

To find Cabernet Sauvignon in Sicily is common. In fact some wineries has French heritage and some do not even work with local indigenous grapes at all. Cabernet Sauvignon in Sicily has much character and results intense. Dry of course and gives medium to full bodied wines. 🍇🍷
The grape has its origins from south of France and in 1600 was born by accident from Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc only to become one of the most planted grapes in the world. Its origins were actually unknown until 1996. A perfect wine to age.
On next photo by the Cabernet Sauvignon fields in Trapani area under boiling sun and +43 °C.🍃🍇☀️
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The wine tasting at Fazio wines was bit different

The wine tasting at Fazio wines was bit different as we could choose the wines we were interested to taste, which of course made it even more interesting. 🍇🥂🍷
We chose two Nero D'Avola. One young and one aged. This to compare the difference.
We also chose a very interesting oaked Catarratto 2016. Very balanced with more apricot and honey aromas.
This to try if passing by. 👌🥂
And also a lightly bubbly Grillo, which is a perfect choise if not very keen to brut and want an alternative to still wines.
On the next photo to find the wines in glasses. We tasted also one rosè which I will not comment much as I'm not personally a fan of rosès.
A winery to visit for sure! 🙏🍇👌
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Favorite room of them all, the barrell cellar. 🍇🍷 Especially now with +40 °C outside. ☀️
On next photo the perfect size of a wine tank.Touring Fazio Wines on the west side of Sicily, more precise Fulgatore bit north of Trapani.
Annual produce is approximately 900,000 bottles yearly, whereof most is exported outside Italy.
@faziowines
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Wonderful Sicilian island wines in all menus on Eo

Wonderful Sicilian island wines in all menus on Eolian islands. This from wine island Salina, a blend of Catarratto and Inzolia.
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🍇Winery: Colosi
🥂Wine: Salina Bianco 2020
Apple, melon, stone, some lime, hint of salt. Bit lighter and lower acidity which made it very nice to grilled fish real island style.
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When summer heat eases, hoping to visit Salina. Here enjoying the wine in Panarea.
@cantinecolosi
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Sicily Wine & Dine is on vacation mode and logged

Sicily Wine & Dine is on vacation mode and logged into Grillo.🥂☀️
Wish you all a lovely summer from Panarea! 🤗🧡
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Every week new Sicilian wines to discover. And hap

Every week new Sicilian wines to discover. And happy to learn many focus on organic produce 🍃👌🥂
Here with an organic made of a personal favorite grape Grillo. From the right Grillo area in Sicily, province of Trapani.
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🍇 Winery: Musanegra
🥂 Wine: Alda delle Nuvole DOC
Citrus, melon, herbaceous.
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Grapes harvested by hand end of August, and only during the coolest hours of the day.
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Sicilian orange wine as an apetizer tonight. What

Sicilian orange wine as an apetizer tonight. What does orange wine mean?
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Simply it is wine made from white wine grapes where the grape skins are not removed, and stays in contact with the juice for days up to months like in red wine produce.
In regular white wine produce the skins are usually removed right away before fermentation.
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Here with an amazing natural orange wine: 🥂
🍇 Winery: Cantine Barbera
🥂 Wine: Ammàno Bianco 2016
Citrus, cantaloupe, lemon peel, some yeast.
Here we are in Menfi. Very south of Sicily with boiling hot sun facing Tunis across the sea.
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Carricante - Etna white grape 🥂🌋 . Carricant

Carricante - Etna white grape 🥂🌋
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Carricante is an indigenous Sicilian Etna grape, seen also as a standard white grape which is included in most of the Etna wineries. Growing on the Etna slopes for at least over 1000 years. Carricante comes from the Italian word Caricare (Eng: to load) as it can produce large quantities of wine and is also a popular grape to use in blends, especially with Catarratto.
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The grape ripens late and slow, a popular grape for Etna DOC wines. Harvested too early gives very high acidity. The wine is often pale yellow, aromas are fresh and lightly fruity often with notes of citrus and herbs. High acidity and low pH. Carricante is produced from 400 m.a.s.l. up to 1200 m.a.s.l. and above 450 m.a.s.l. the quantity decreases, but the quality increases.
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It's not rain clouds coming over the Nerello viney

It's not rain clouds coming over the Nerello vineyard's at Etna winery Murgo. It is a grey cloudy sky mixed with lava dust as Etna is still erupting, and sand cloud from Sahara covering whole Sicily and south Italy.
🌋☀️🍇🏜
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Heat wave means Sicilian white wine wave. Under th

Heat wave means Sicilian white wine wave. Under the Sahara sand dust cloud that brought us +48 °C an ice cold white suits perfectly to chill. 🥂
Casematte means "mad houses" and their wines are madly good. A winery located in Messina, north peak of Sicily.
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Here with their blend of Grillo and Carricante, Peloro. Peloro is also the location where the grapes grow.
(White labels with silver text are so hard to capture...or I gotta fix my skills).
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🍇Winery: Casematte @le_casematte
🥂Wine: Peloro Bianco 2020.
Citrus, passion fruit, salvia, stone.
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