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Mount Etna in autumn: the Route of Wine

Posted on 23/09/2024 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna in autumn is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Sicily. It certainly cannot compete with the wonderful “red leaves” of the Nebrodi or Madonie woods, but there are routes full of atmosphere and poetry for all tourists to love. We are referring specifically to the so-called “Strada del Vino” (Route of Wine). […]

Celebrating New Year’s Day with Etna liqueurs

Posted on 27/12/2022 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

New Year’s Eve is just a few days away and the sparkling wine is already chilled in the fridge. But for once try to go beyond the traditions and … toast the new year with something different. Like, for example, a liqueur from Mount Etna. The area around the great Sicilian volcano has always been […]

Solicchiata, the story of a good Etna wine

Posted on 05/09/2022 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Solicchiata is a village that belongs to the municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia. This is that lucky corner of the territory – between East Etna and North Etna – where the soil is very rich and generates wonders of food and wine. The name is a bit funny but absolutely suitable, it means “slice of […]

Discovering Riposto and “Mt Etna’s beaches”

Posted on 02/08/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

For a long time the main tourist “gates” to Mount Etna were Catania – with its airport and station – and Taormina. The large tourist crowds settled in these two locations so to discover Etna by excursions. It has been twenty years, now, since also Riposto has joined them as a tourist gate to Etna, […]

Itinerary of the historic vineyards of Mt Etna

Posted on 26/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The disadvantages of living at the foot of an always active volcano like Etna are many. You have to adapt to earthquakes, eruptions, volcanic ash that invades roads and land. But the benefits far outweigh the downsides. Because precisely that lava, that ash, over the centuries nourish a very rich and proliferating soil. The agricultural […]