Island Wine

Natural old-vine Frappato/Perricono from Etna's volcanic soils? In a liter bottles? Yes please! This Sicilian party bottle is super fun to share (or not). Think juicy plum and ripe blackberry, smoked rosemary and baking spices. These young stars of Italy's natural wine scene have Frank Cornelissen looking over his shoulder! Buy a few bottles before it's all gone. Bio wines this good sell fast!

This bright and energetic blend of Vermentino and Chardonnay is poised to shake up your white wine regimen. On the nose, expect sea-kissed lemon rind and ripe pineapple. On the palate, it is crisp, dry, and seriously refreshing. Cue up the seafood: fish, scallops, anything in a shell. It’s going to pop when paired with this wine.

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Lifted aromatics and electric intensity - this is a bottle for a table covered in food and lined with friends. These vineyards have been in the family since 1860. Flavia and Giacomo have all that history behind them. They know how to get out of the way and let the vines sing a (Sicilian) pop song. Orange blossom, pink grapefruit, honeysuckle - this is very fun to drink!

Dolores Cabrera Fernández, the veritable queen of funk, crafts seriously interesting wine using her century-plus old Listan Negro vines. In her gulpable Rosado, campfire smoke-laden minerality and wet earth surround a solid core of sun-baked berries. Unique, very approachable, very delicious.

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Dolores Cabrera’s red, from her label la Araucaria, comes from 100-plus-year-old vines of Listan Negro planted in the volcanic soils of Mount Teide. Herbal and floral, like Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, with a mineral-laden volcanic character reminiscent of Etna reds. This wine speaks strongly to its origins. A real volcanic treat.

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In the 1980s, Chiara Vigo’s family vineyard was narrowly missed by a stream of lava from one of Mount Etna’s especially aggressive eruptions. Consequently, Fattorie Romeo del Castello’s 14-hectare estate is now surrounded by a 20-foot wall of lava. Their fantastically mineral wine is a perfect reflection of this dramatic vineyard landscape. This Rosé is savory, complex, and not-to-be-missed.

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is Sicily’s first-ever DOCG classified wine, and will always contain a near-equal blend of the island’s star grapes, Nero d’Avola and Frappato. The result is magical. Deep spiciness and lifted fruit blend effortlessly to create an intoxicating bottle that is perfect for dinner parties, date nights, and conversations that last deep into the evening.

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A concert pianist and painter, Lorenzo Piccione of Pianogrillo treats his farm as a work of fine art by ensuring that every aspect is run sustainably. This bottle immediately transports the drinker to the sunny green plain Pianogrillo overlooks from its perch on the hill with bright acidity and herbaceousness.

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