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Default TN: Sicily and Alsace

On 1/11/11 10:57 AM, DaleW wrote:

> But I think Sicily is one of the most improved areas in last few year.
> I'm particularly fond of Etna Rosso, the wines are grown up high on Mt
> Etna, so not as obviously hot climate. There's a range of styles- the
> basic Terre Nere and especially the Biondi come across as almost
> Burgundian, the upper level Terre Nere wines are more slick/modern but
> very good, and some more rustic wines like this. But in general
> interesting appellation.
> I also like Montoni's Nero d'Avola, both regular and Vru-something.
> Arianna Occhipinti makes very interesting wines in the natural/
> hipster mode.


Arianna Occhipinti and her uncle at COS make some very interesting wines
from unusual grapes like Frappato. Of the Occhipinti wines, I've most
enjoyed the SP64 blend.


> Frank Cornelissen also gets lots of acclaim (and some raspberries) but
> I've not tried.


Yes, Cornelissen's wines are about as controversial as any I can think
of. There seems to be a lot of sentiment (as opposed to sediment) that
a lot of them that reach the US have been damaged in some way. I dunno:
too pricey for an experiment in my book.

Mark Lipton


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