Nero d’Avola is the most widely planted grape variety in Sicily, itself one of the largest wine regions of Italy. It thrives in the hot sunny weather, producing a variety of wine styles.

Villa-RP02 (9, 10, and top of page) Nestled into a rocky outcropping in Avola, Sicily, this 3,700-square-foot house appears from the road as a single-story composition of fragmented elements, but ...

I’m somewhere atop Europe’s only active volcano. Her name is Mount Etna, and she’s a beauty: immense and fiery. In this part of eastern Sicily, the mountain is ubiquitous: not only can you ...

When they aren’t working at traditional wineries, next-gen winemakers are driving innovation with experimental side ...

Nightlife in Sicily means, by and large, nightlife in Sicilian cities, or their beachside satellites. Catania arguably boasts the island's most vibrant music scene, closely followed by Palermo. In ...

The town of Avola is about a 15-minute drive down the coast from Fontane Bianche and is famous for its wine, the dark red Nero d'Avola, one of Sicily's finest vintages.

Wine Meets the Most Authentic Sicily. Among the scents of orange blossom and the silence of the old farmhouses, the Sicilian ...

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Like Assuli’s other artistic and imaginative labels, “Dardinello” is the brave and courageous Saracen knight who was killed ...

That was a blend of cabernet, Nero d'Avola, and petite sirah. While visiting family in Sicily in the summer of 2023, Anthony and Carlo looked for a new house wine, one that would please Anthony, who ...

Last month at Piazza Italian Market, we tasted a dry white wine from one of my fave Sicilian wineries, Cantina Assuli, located in the far NW part of Sicily. Recently, Emily and I tasted another of ...