Stay updated with breaking news from Instituto Regionale. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
A quietly integral part of the island’s quality renaissance, Spadafora should be better known in the U.S. for its Syrah, Nero d’Avola and Grillo. Wine Spectator contributing editor Robert Camuto visits a family winery currently flying under the radar
“We want to bring back tradition and to come up with a wine that speaks about Sicily in a different way – it’s what the market wants, you need a wine with a point of difference, there’s no point in producing just another wine,” says Stefano Girelli Last month six Sicilian grape varieties were added to the Italian National Register of Grape Varieties, ones that were believed to have died out years ago. As with many similar ampelographical discoveries, a single vine of each variety was found in a domestic garden or in desolate terrain – a high mountain slope, for example. One of the...