Here's a report on my week in Pantelleria...a scruffy, soulful volcanic rock that floats in the water between Sicily and Tunisia. I was attending a food and wine conference organized by the Cambridge, ...
Thirty seven cents per kilo. That’s the going rate for zibibbo DOP grapes on the small Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, located between Sicily to the east and Tunisia to the west. To put that ...
This month, the first fruits of their labour are being harvested from 2,117 vines scattered across a remote volcanic island High on a windswept hillside on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria, vineyard ...
More than 1,300 varieties of grapes are used around the world to produce wine. Dedicated wine fiends may be able to experience most of those over a lifetime. Jason Tesauro would like us to taste an ...
Pantelleria, a volcanic island between Sicily and Tunisia, is quite small, but it produces great wine. Geographically closer to Tunisia, it has a rich history that has seen the passage of different ...
Weird and wonderful alternative grape varieties are challenging to say – and, quite often, sell – but they're certainly exciting to drink. The good news for adventurous consumers is that such grapes ...
Nicolas Belfrage wrote in his book Brunello to Zibibbo that Sicily has the potential to become “California, Australia, Chile, Southern France, Jerez, and middle Italy all rolled into one.” Nicolas ...
High on a windswept hillside on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria, vineyard workers are carefully harvesting a variety of Zibibbo grapes from vines at risk of extinction. Also known as Muscat of ...
Got the hammock strung up? Check. A chilled bottle of Prosecco or Vermentino? Check. Notebook handy? Pen or pencil? Check. Time to do some studying. Our textbook: “Native Wine Grapes of Italy” by Ian ...
The range has been carefully curated by Aldi’s expert wine buying team, and brings together a collection of 'strangely familiar' wines including 'Spanish' grapes from Australia, a Chardonnay from ...