Mount Etna winemakers like to live on the edge. As one of the world’s most famous active volcanoes, the imposing mountain looms large in the skyline, a trail of smoke piping out from a crater to ...

In recent years, the popularity of wines from the Mount Etna region, in Sicily, has risen dramatically, and for good reason: The land in which these wines are rooted is thoroughly unique, and has been ...

The wine bottles of producer Donnafugata are striking. On each label is an image of a woman’s head with windblown hair. The woman is morphed with a volcano. It is not only colourful; each label also ...

Starting around 2001, Mount Etna began its climb to fame as a wine region, as opposed to just a sometimes (very) alarming volcano. Today, Sicily’s wines represent some of the best of Italy, especially ...

Mount Etna is Europe’s largest active volcano. At an elevation of 10,920 feet, it is also one of Italy’s tallest mountains. It is at the center of the Etna DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata), ...

Last week, I raved about three Italian wines that just happen to come in a box. This week, I thought we could stay in Italy and focus on one, distinct region – Sicily. One wine column cannot do ...

Every major wine-growing region boasts one red grape that is the standard bearer of the region. In Burgundy it’s pinot noir; in California cabernet sauvignon leads the pack. Tuscany’s sangiovese is ...

Immersing yourself in wine country is one the best ways to learn and explore the culture and history of a region. That said, in my last column I shared six of my top wine destinations to visit this ...

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 ...