Tasting Notes: Scopa Siciliane Rosso is an organic wine blend of 60% Nero d'Avola, 20% Nerello Mascalese, and 20% Perricone sourced from vineyards in Partinico, Palermo, at 400 meters above sea level. It undergoes manual harvests,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Tornatore Etna Rosso is a uniquely rich and focused wine made entirely of the indigenous Nerello Mascalese grape. It expresses itself with aromas of cherry juice and preserves, wild strawberry and a very characteristic... Read More

Tasting Notes: A great entry into Etna Rosso is the Benanti Etna Rosso: good fruit, silky (yet firm) tannins, and the minerality that Etna is known for. Slightly reticent aromas of red cherry, rosehip, raspberry and minerals.... Read More

Tasting Notes: The ‘San Nicolo’ vineyard is roughly half-a-hectare, and was originally owned by Angelina Biondi, the great aunt of Ciro. She was a fantastic person, died at the age of 99, with a great sense of humor... Read More

Tasting Notes: Cisterna Fuori’ means ‘outside cistern’ and is a reference to an ancient water cistern in the middle of this vineyard site. This vineyard has been owned by the Biondi family for many centuries... Read More

Tasting Notes: Just in front of the cellars for Tenuta delle Terre Nere are Calderara Sottana vineyards with two parcels that have 120+ year old vines that survived phylloxera! Intense ruby red in color with mahogany hues. Complex... Read More