If you can't make it to Italy this summer, pick up a bottle of Grillo. Ian Shaw / Alamy Stock Photo A good glass of Grillo wine can transport you to the sandy shores of Sicily, no matter where you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hyland writes about wine (and sometimes) food from Europe and US. Sicily has many positive images (as well as a few ...

We love invitations that arrive by the glass. At a recent tasting of Sicilian wines, we became so enamored with the reds that we were poised to hop on the next plane to Palermo. The occasion was a ...

(Note: This is the second story in a series about wines and wineries in Sicily visited by the author.) So many things about Sicily seems magical. The winetasting dinner beneath the stars in a ...

In ancient Rome, Sicilian wine was among the most prestigious wines of its era. It received the equivalent of “5 star accolades” by Pliny the Elder, the Robert Parker of his day. Yet only recently is ...

My family is originally from Sicily. I am very proud of that and announce it as often as I can. And while Italy proper is well-recognized for its deep, sexy wines, the actual island of Sicily was long ...

We’ve talked about the wines of Sicily before with author and television personality Vic Rallo and wine consultant and former professor Tony Verdoni. Back then, they recommended a Sicilian Chardonnay ...

Sicily has long been known for being the Italian crossroad of both ancient and modern culture. The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, separated by a narrow strait of water from the “toe” of ...

When last we left our intrepid Sicily, there were auspicious signs from the slopes of Mount Etna, its defining and still active volcano. The reds of Etna ( sfg.ly/ZqOCLo), and the whites as well, had ...

Sicily's white grapes are finally getting the recognition they deserve. It only took two centuries. Grillo, Inzolia and Catarratto, the big three of the island's whites, made it big in the 1700s as ...

This blend of Nero d’Avola and Frappato has an intense bouquet and taste of black currants, plums, and chocolate, with a touch of tannin in its finish. A robust blend of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello ...