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Sicilia DOC? And Brand Nero d'Avola

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See this Guide to our Sicilian week.

This series of articles by Walter Speller on Sicily, Italian wine's hotspot, also includes Etna – should it be DOCG?, Etna – a change in the rules, and Etna's endangered yeasts, complemented by tasting notes in Sicilia en primeur 2011 and Some Etna classics.

Varietal wines dominate the Sicilian winescape – just see my tasting notes from Sicily's official primeur tastings published today. Although producers seem to have developed an appetite for their local vine varieties, a wide range of international varieties can be found everywhere. Sicily seems to be...