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  • Benanti's spectacular Contrada Cavaliere Etna Rosso and Contrada Rinazzo Etna Bianco Superiore ©Kevin Day/Opening a Bottle
    Benanti

    Why Benanti is Essential In wine terms, the turnaround of the Etna DOC on Sicily — which...

  • Organic and heroic vines in Valdobbiadene, the heart of the Prosecco region of Veneto. ©Kevin Day/Opening a Bottle
    What Our Wine Icons Mean

    With the Essential Winemakers secion of this site, I not only want to guide you toward the...

  • The wines of Passopisciaro from Mount Etna ©Kevin Day/Opening a Bottle
    Passopisciaro

    Why Passopisciaro is Essential When Andrea Franchetti first arrived on Etna in 2000, he found a vineyard...

  • Maeli "Dili" Moscato Giallo Veneto IGT ©Kevin Day/Opening a Bottle
    Maeli

    Why Maeli is Essential Winemaker Elisa Dilavanzo is an up-ender of convention. A native of Rovigo (“the...

  • 2015 Passopisciaro "Contrada G" Terre Siciliane
    An Etna Red for Any Table

    550 Words (Or So) on a Superb Wine with Superb Service


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