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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: barmalini - Getty Images When oenophiles think about Italy, it is almost second nature to think about the wine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WITH A NAME like a lively dance step and a flavor profile so juicy and bright that it’s frequently described as falling somewhere between a red and a white, Frappato is one of my absolute favorite ...

The wine drinking began before we left Newark, N.J., with a clink and a “salud” in the airport lounge over some unidentified white. My father and I, belatedly fulfilling the college graduation gift he ...