Shopping and eating in Palermo’s Il Capo and Vucciria markets led by our local guide Angelo is how we would have spent this morning, Day 1 of Stirring Sicily. Our focus of this week’s (I wish we were actually there) tour is Sicilian food culture, cooking, and wine. (Daydream along with me!) Here Angelo is…
Category: Sicilian Wine
The Vendemmia In Sicily
Currently throughout Sicily grape growers are measuring the sugar, acid, and tannin levels of their grapes in preparation for the annual vendemmia, or grape harvest. Up to now, wine-making has been about caring for the vines, pruning the growth, and ensuring that the fruit has received enough air, sunlight, and water for an abundant and…
Etna Wines Plus Excellent Company Equals A Memorable Evening
It’s hard to capture the sense of enthusiasm and interest that flowed through us all last evening during our Etna Wine Box with Guided Synchronous Online Tasting and Discussion. This photo only gives a glimpse into the more than two hours spent on a virtual visit to Europe’s largest, most active volcano with author Benjamin…
A Palmento On Etna (Where The Magic Happened)
A palmento is a building and the antique mechanism inside of it where wine grapes were made into juice (mosto) that eventually became wine. This outstanding palmento photographed at Benanti vineyard offers visitors an opportunity to understand the wine-making process from ancient times and how that translates to today’s stainless steal, squeaky-clean laboratories and cantinas….
Joy And Donkey Rides On Mount Etna
As we prepare for tomorrow’s Etna Wine Box with Guided Online Tasting and Discussion led by Etna Wine School I am thinking back to a very memorable day on Mount Etna with Etna Donkey Trekking and and Salvatore, who was just recognized by that big travel review company for his outstanding excursions. What fun we…
Drink This Landscape Next Saturday: Order By Midnight
Drink this landscape with us next Saturday! Order by midnight tonight! Join me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily, with author and wine expert Benjamin North Spencer of Etna Wine School for an online, synchronous wine tasting on Saturday, August 22. Benjamin will be hosting from Sicily, and I’ll be your stateside emcee. Order your Experience…
An Almost Winery Tour In Sicily
Although you currently can’t visit an Etna vineyard like these folks, Experience Sicily can “bring” the wines to you! Join me with author and wine expert Benjamin North Spencer of Etna Wine School for an online, synchronous tasting on Saturday, August 22. Benjamin will be in Sicily, and I’ll be your stateside host. Order your…
Order Your Etna Wine Box By Saturday
Join me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily with author and wine expert Benjamin North Spencer (pictured on the right) of Etna Wine School for an online, synchronous wine tasting on Saturday, August 22. He’ll be in Sicily. I’ll be your stateside host. Order your Experience Sicily Etna Wine Box (which includes an Etna Rosso from…
Wine Is Another Window Into Sicily
Wine offers another window into Sicily. The soil, landscape, climate, flora, and fauna of a region all contribute to the taste, smell, and wonder of the island’s now renowned wines. To be continued…
The Joy Of Buongiorno In Sicily
Memories of the joyful greeting from my young cousin Sabrina in the vineyards of Trapani last spring