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Some Etna classics

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Walter Speller
Friday 6 May 2011
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See this Guide to our Sicilian week.

This is the finale of Walter Speller's series on Sicily, published this week. Starting with Etna – should it be DOCG?, other articles include Etna – a change in the rules, Sicilia DOC? And Brand Nero d'Avola, Etna's endangered yeasts, and 111 tasting notes on the Sicilia en primeur 2011.

 The following wines from Benanti, Tenuta di Fessina, Firriato, Graci and Cottanera were tasted before and during a dinner at Azienda Benanti in Viagrande. See also my tasting notes from Sicily's official en primeur tastings earlier this year.

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