Sicily has many positive images (as well as a few not-so-positive), but when it comes to Sicilian wines, the subject is a bit of a puzzle to many. There are several reasons for this, but lately, ...

My family is originally from Sicily. I am very proud of that and announce it as often as I can. And while Italy proper is well-recognized for its deep, sexy wines, the actual island of Sicily was long ...

(Note: This is the second story in a series about wines and wineries in Sicily visited by the author.) So many things about Sicily seems magical. The winetasting dinner beneath the stars in a ...

We love invitations that arrive by the glass. At a recent tasting of Sicilian wines, we became so enamored with the reds that we were poised to hop on the next plane to Palermo. The occasion was a ...

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 ...

This is the first of a four-part series exploring Sicily’s wines. In Part One, I will give a brief overview of Sicilian wines. In Parts Two and Three, we will highlight Sicily’s top rated white and ...

When last we left our intrepid Sicily, there were auspicious signs from the slopes of Mount Etna, its defining and still active volcano. The reds of Etna ( sfg.ly/ZqOCLo), and the whites as well, had ...

Great sign--Arianna's wines resemble her--easy-going, ultra-Sicilian, totally original. I am crazy about the area's red varietals, Nero d'Avola and Frappato. At COS they are made into single varietal ...

Sicily's white grapes are finally getting the recognition they deserve. It only took two centuries. Grillo, Inzolia and Catarratto, the big three of the island's whites, made it big in the 1700s as ...

We’ve talked about the wines of Sicily before with author and television personality Vic Rallo and wine consultant and former professor Tony Verdoni. Back then, they recommended a Sicilian Chardonnay ...