Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Nerello Mascalese

Etna Rosso 2019, Pietradolce

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The wine revolution occurred on Etna at the turn of the last century and this, through the work of figures such as Giuseppe Benanti, Marc de Grazia, Andrea Franchetti and Salvo Foti (each with its own identity), had the merit of bringing this volcano back to the center of the debate on Sicilian wines tout court. In the wake of the enthusiasm aroused by these figures, many have begun, or started again, to produce wine in the various districts of Etna, as in the case of Pietradolce winery. [Read more…] about Etna Rosso 2019, Pietradolce

Etna Rosso Riserva Rovittello Parcella n.341 2015, Benanti

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The Benanti family from Bologna would not have thought that one of their descendants would end up producing wine in Sicily when one of their members was sent there in 1734 by King Vittorio Amedeo d’Aosta. Etna was a volcano whose fertility made the surrounding lands extremely suited to wine production, to the point that the nearby city of Catania had reached the record of Sicilian production in the mid-1800s, even owning a school of oenology (1881) and its own wine office (1886). [Read more…] about Etna Rosso Riserva Rovittello Parcella n.341 2015, Benanti

Nonna Concetta 2015, Calabretta

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The rediscovery of wine production on Etna is probably the most important event of the last 20-30 years of Italian wine history. The high ground volcanic soils have become the cradle that hosts the cultivation of vines such as the two Nerello (Mascalese and Cappuccio) Carricante and Minnella, giving rise to wines that have taken very little to impose themselves to the attention of the most demanding and updated palates. [Read more…] about Nonna Concetta 2015, Calabretta

Passorosso 2017, Passopisciaro

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Passopisciaro winery is the daydream, which has become reality, of Andrea Franchetti who, after having imposed himself to the attention of the most demanding palates, with the great wines of his Tenuta di Trinoro, decides to embark on the Sicilian adventure. His Etnean viticulture requalification work was a bet that, although it began only in 2000, gave impetus to a real rebirth of the “Volcano’s wines”. [Read more…] about Passorosso 2017, Passopisciaro

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