Sicilian Summer
Sicilian Summer
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Bonavita 2025 Sicilia Rosato
A brilliant rosato from Giovanni Scarfone on the far northeastern edge of Sicily. DOC Faro gets its name from ancient Greeks called "Pharii" who colonized this area and brought viticulture practices. Giovanni works in a way which respects ancient traditions...
$28.99
Vino di Anna 2024 Jeudi 15 Bianco
A blend of organically grown Carricante, Catarratto and Grecanico harvested from numerous small vineyards, high on the north face of Mt Etna. The Carricante comes from a young vineyard in Contrada Pietramarina, with ancient, deep sandstone subsoils resulting in sapid,...
$46.99
Vino di Anna 2024 Jeudi 15 Rosato
90% Nerello Mascalese and 10% Grecanico, organically grown. The Nerello Mascalese was placed in a 30hl open fermenter for 36 hours, half was whole cluster and half was destemmed. The grapes were then pressed into a used 20hl oak cask...
$44.99
Vino di Anna 2023 Jeudi 15 Rosso
60% Nerello Cappucio, 20% Grenache 20% Nerello Mascalese. “Jeudi 15” Rosso 2023 was one of the few wines the estate had grapes to produce in 2023. A devastating attack of fungal disease during the flowering and bunch formation of Nerello...
$46.99
Vino di Anna 2024 Palmento Rosso
Nerello Mascalese (90%) with small percentages of Nerello Cappuccio (5%), Grenache (2%), Grecanico, Minnella Bianca and Uva Francese Bianca. The grapes are grown organically in the various high-altitude sites, and are picked and fermented as field blends, as was the...
$37.99
Vino di Anna 2024 Qvevri Rosso
90% Nerello Mascalese; 10% Nerello Cappuccio from two very old vineyards - 90 + 70 yrs old on the Northern slopes of mt. Etna. Spontaneously fermented on skins in qvevri seperated by vineyard, blended and aged further in qvevri before...
$54.99
Curtaz, Federico 2021 Il Purgatorio Etna Rosso
Federico Curtaz had a vast wine background before starting his own namesake project in Sicily in 2015. He collaborated with Angelo Gaja in the 80's as an agronomist and then migrated to Sicily after falling in love with its culture...
$49.99
Curtaz, Federico 2021 Kudos Etna Bianco Superiore
Federico Curtaz had a vast wine background before starting his own namesake project in Sicily in 2015. He collaborated with Angelo Gaja in the 80's as an agronomist and then migrated to Sicily after falling in love with its culture...
$74.99
Curtaz, Federico 2022 Gamma Etna Bianco
Federico Curtaz had a vast wine background before starting his own namesake project in Sicily in 2015. He collaborated with Angelo Gaja in the 80's as an agronomist and then migrated to Sicily after falling in love with its culture...
$49.99
Graci 2020 Quota 1000 Contrada Barbabecchi Etna Rosso
Alberello-trained vineyard of 2 hectares at 1,000 meters above sea level. Barbabecchi is located in Solicchiata, on the north side of Mount Etna, planted with ungrafted Nerello Mascalese about 100-years old on terraces and dry stone walls between apple trees,...
$209.99
Graci 2019 Arcuria Sopra Il Pozzo Etna Rosso
Sopra il Pozzo is a smaller 1.5H subsect of Arcuria with a different soil from all the others: a continuous alternation of layers of stone and coarse sand called “rifusa.” The wine spends 1 year in large neutral barrel and...
$209.99
Graci 2022 Arcuria Etna Rosso
Between 600 and 700 meters above sea level. A natural amphitheater exposed to cold and dry winds that blow from the north. This is an ideal place to grow grapes, able to offer perfect ripening in good vintages and to...
$79.99
Graci 2022 Feudo di Mezzo Etna Rosso
1.5 hectares of 85-year-old vineyards on the northern side of Etna, 600 meters above sea level. Planted with Nerello Mascalese and a small part with Nerello Cappuccio, cultivated as an “alberello.” Surrounded by olive and almond trees. Very sandy soil,...
$79.99
Graci 2023 Arcuria Etna Bianco
Between 600 and 700 meters above sea level. A natural amphitheater exposed to cold and dry winds that blow from the north. This is an ideal place to grow grapes, able to offer perfect ripening in good vintages and to...
$79.99
Graci 2023 Muganazzi Etna Bianco
100% Carricante from 700m above sea level. Muganazzi gives a more powerful wine, with flint and petrol. There are some powdery floral notes and a hazelnut nuttiness in the finish, but still quite lean and sharp.
$79.99
Graci 2025 Etna Rosato
100% Nerello Mascalese from the Northern slope of Mount Etna. This is always a lovely pale, crisp, volcanic rose but the exceptional 2025 growing season has brought it to another level. The top fruit notes are quince, pear, and orange...
$29.99
