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+ My favorite wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.
1 May 2020 + Mt Etna Wine Region, Postcards from Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy, wine and food tour Sicily, Wine tours Sicily

My favorite wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.

By Bruce White

​On our recent trip to Sicily, (November 2019) we were lucky enough to spend 4 days around the  Mt Etna wine region, and in my opinion, it is one of the most amazing wine regions in Italy I have ever visited. The micro-climates, volcanic soils and harsh terrain make for some really interesting wines.The wineries […]

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+ Wine Regions of Sicily. Tasca’s Tenuta Regaleali.
23 April 2020 + Food and Wine tours Italy, gourmet slow food tours, Italy Tours, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy, Wine tours Sicily

Wine Regions of Sicily. Tasca’s Tenuta Regaleali.

By Bruce White

  Tenuta Regaleali is a very special wine estate in Sicily, very difficult to get into, as they limit the number of guests, and after all, this is their country home, so it’s who you know that will determine a stay here. Our luxury wine and food tour of Sicily spends time here, and I […]

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+ Five Best wine Experiences in Sicily
15 January 2020 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy, Wine tours Sicily

Five Best Wine Experiences in Sicily

By Bruce White

1 The Etna Region 2 Tenuta Regaleali by the Tasca Family 3 Marsala 4 Planeta Wine Estates 5 Occhipinti  Mt Etna. Sicily is famous for producing wine with the Nero D’Avola grape, but many of the wineries on Mt. Etna focus on other grapes, such as the native grapes nerello mascalese and nerello cappuccio . […]

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+ The Five Best Must See Destinations in Sicily.
4 January 2020 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, Wine tours Sicily

The Five Best Must See Destinations in Sicily.

By Bruce White

Five destinations you must see when travelling to Sicily. Join a wine and food tour to see the best of Sicily, then spend some extra time  in and around some of these amazing regions, like Ortigia, the wineries of Mt Etna, Marsala. There are so many places to be discovered. ORTIGIA. The historical port and […]

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+ The most Amazing wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.
10 December 2019 + Travel Blog

The most Amazing wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.

By Bruce White

​In 1988 Giuseppe Benanti a Catania businessman set out to utilise family owned vineyards around Trescastagni on the Eastern and Southeastern side of the mountain with the aim of improving overall quality and illustrating Etna’s promise and Mt Etna’s wine reputation. Benanti partnered with consulting enologist Salvo Foti who went on to become the Godfather […]

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+ Ragusa Sicily
21 September 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

Postcards from Sicily

By Bruce White

Sicily, my new favorite destination in Italy.  A lot has changed in the 20 years that have passed since we initially travelled to Sicily. Most notably is the development of the wine industy, which means wine tasting holidays in Sicily, combined with the foodie experiences across this Italian Island are now a bucket list, must […]

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+ Wines Sicily
28 August 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Slow Food Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

Postcards from Sicily

By Bruce White

This luxury wine tour through Sicily would not have been possible a decade ago. Although Sicily still produces a greater percentage of white wines (thanks to Marsala) the real interest these days is the wonderful red wines, particularly those produced from nero d’avola grapes. The climate of Sicily is perfect for red wine production. Then […]

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+ wine of Sicily
10 May 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, gourmet slow food tours, Italy food tour, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Street Food Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

Luxury Wine Tour Sicily

By Bruce White

There is a special atmosphere in the ancient Sicilian markets:  you see people talking and negotiating as immersed in a world that looks like a theatre. Our Sicily Luxury Wine and Food tour takes in the street food of Sicily, including the markets, and visits to some of the unique farmers of this Italian island. […]

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