TAORMINA, ITALY: View of Mount Etna volcano from ruins of the ancient Greek Theatre amphitheatre - Teatro Greco - of Taormina, East Sicily, Italy. Alessandro Malfitana was raised in Linguaglossa, a ...

In ancient Rome, Sicilian wine was among the most prestigious wines of its era. It received the equivalent of “5 star accolades” by Pliny the Elder, the Robert Parker of his day. Yet only recently is ...

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 ...

(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 ...

ON MY FIRST TRIP to Sicily about 12 years ago, I had lunch at a restaurant in Palermo. The wine list featured two choices: Corvo Rosso and Corvo Bianco, the same two Sicilian options then found in ...

Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, has been growing grapes and producing wine for more than 3,000 years. While American consumers are more familiar with Prosecco, Chianti and other ...

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 ...

Sicily has long been known for being the Italian crossroad of both ancient and modern culture. The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, separated by a narrow strait of water from the “toe” of ...

Note: This is the first story in a three-part series about wines and wineries in Sicily recently visited by the author. CATANIA, Sicily, Italy – Black ash lingers in the cracks in the sidewalks. You ...

This blend of Nero d’Avola and Frappato has an intense bouquet and taste of black currants, plums, and chocolate, with a touch of tannin in its finish. A robust blend of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello ...

The deadly wildfires raging in Sicily in July put the effects of climate change on tourism into high relief, as thousands struggled to flee the island while firefighters took on what they estimated ...