March 14, 2020

Etna As It Should Be
2017 Masseria del Pino Etna Rosso I Nove Fratelli

Masseria del Pino, a tiny estate on Mount Etna’s northern face, seems to belong to another era. A quiet dirt road weaves through serene, mountainside farmland before arriving at the one-hectare vineyard, planted to 120-year-old pre-phylloxera bush-trained vines.

December 17, 2019

Pre-Phylloxera Vines - Utterly Compelling
2014 Montoni Nero d'Avola Vrucara

For those obsessed with Italian wine, Montoni's Nero d'Avola Vrucara has long been a wine to reckon with.

May 12, 2018

Mount Etna, Untamed:
2014 Calabretta Nerello Cappuccio IGT

Tasting a Calabretta slaps you with extremity. They're wildly complex and animated.

April 17, 2017

Eye-Opening: 2014 Occhipinti Frappato

Arianna Occhipinti started making wine in her 20s with 1 hectare of abandoned vines in Southeastern Sicily. In no time, her Frappato gained a cult following and was found on cutting edge wines lists in New York, London and Paris.