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+ My favorite wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.
1 May 2020 + Mt Etna Wine Region, Postcards from Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy, wine and food tour Sicily, Wine tours Sicily

My favorite wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.

By Bruce White

​On our recent trip to Sicily, (November 2019) we were lucky enough to spend 4 days around the  Mt Etna wine region, and in my opinion, it is one of the most amazing wine regions in Italy I have ever visited. The micro-climates, volcanic soils and harsh terrain make for some really interesting wines.The wineries […]

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+ Five Best wine Experiences in Sicily
15 January 2020 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy, Wine tours Sicily

Five Best Wine Experiences in Sicily

By Bruce White

1 The Etna Region 2 Tenuta Regaleali by the Tasca Family 3 Marsala 4 Planeta Wine Estates 5 Occhipinti  Mt Etna. Sicily is famous for producing wine with the Nero D’Avola grape, but many of the wineries on Mt. Etna focus on other grapes, such as the native grapes nerello mascalese and nerello cappuccio . […]

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+ The Five Best Must See Destinations in Sicily.
4 January 2020 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, Wine tours Sicily

The Five Best Must See Destinations in Sicily.

By Bruce White

Five destinations you must see when travelling to Sicily. Join a wine and food tour to see the best of Sicily, then spend some extra time  in and around some of these amazing regions, like Ortigia, the wineries of Mt Etna, Marsala. There are so many places to be discovered. ORTIGIA. The historical port and […]

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+ Explore Sicily wines.
14 December 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Travel Blog, Wine tours Sicily

Explore Sicily wines.

By Bruce White

The world famous cuisine of Sicily is a reflection of the island’s bounty and biodiversity, but while Sicilian ingredients have long been a part any culinary experience, the wines paired with these meals rarely came from Sicily. Fortunately for wine lovers, that is changing. Today, the Sicilia DOC is reviving the island’s vinous heritage so […]

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+ The most Amazing wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.
10 December 2019 + Travel Blog

The most Amazing wine region. Mount Etna. Sicily.

By Bruce White

​In 1988 Giuseppe Benanti a Catania businessman set out to utilise family owned vineyards around Trescastagni on the Eastern and Southeastern side of the mountain with the aim of improving overall quality and illustrating Etna’s promise and Mt Etna’s wine reputation. Benanti partnered with consulting enologist Salvo Foti who went on to become the Godfather […]

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+ Ragusa Sicily
21 September 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

Postcards from Sicily

By Bruce White

Sicily, my new favorite destination in Italy.  A lot has changed in the 20 years that have passed since we initially travelled to Sicily. Most notably is the development of the wine industy, which means wine tasting holidays in Sicily, combined with the foodie experiences across this Italian Island are now a bucket list, must […]

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5 September 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Foodie events in Italy, Italy food tour, Italy Tours, Slow Food Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

How much chocolate should you eat in Italy ?

By Bruce White

. How much chocolate should you eat in Italy ? The answer, as much as you like. If you really need a reason to travel to Italy, this might help you make a decision.Renowned as one the biggest International Chocolate Festivals in the world, Eurochocolate is held in Perugia, a city popular for its Baci Perugina […]

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+ Wines Sicily
28 August 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Italy Tours, Luxury wine and food tour, Slow Food Italy, Travel Blog, wine and food regions Italy

Postcards from Sicily

By Bruce White

This luxury wine tour through Sicily would not have been possible a decade ago. Although Sicily still produces a greater percentage of white wines (thanks to Marsala) the real interest these days is the wonderful red wines, particularly those produced from nero d’avola grapes. The climate of Sicily is perfect for red wine production. Then […]

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23 July 2019 + Food and Wine tours Italy, Foodie events in Italy, gourmet slow food tours, Italy food tours, Italy Tours, Slow Food Italy, wine and food regions Italy

Postcards from Puglia

By Bruce White

Looking for wine and food experiences, food and wine tours in Italy? Tour Puglia in southern Italy. Here are some images from our tour through Puglia. see it all at Delicious Puglia.   for a list of Farmers Markets in Puglia click here for more information on wines of Puglia. click here More postcards from […]

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