2016 Marilina "Sikele'" Grecanico (skin contact/orange) Sicilia IGT (Noto) aleatico The Italian Wine Scholar

The Italian Wine Scholar

and a Fatted Calf salami chub from Sonoma

Gino finally followed his heart’s desire and in 2012 Vigne Rada saw its first harvest

an ancient cheese recipe

as the call to Italy is an ever-present buzz in her research on the lesser known regions of Italy

2016 Marilina "Sikele'" Grecanico (skin contact/orange) Sicilia IGT (Noto) aleatico The Italian Wine ScholarMade from the Grecanico grape the Sicilian counterpart (or biotype) to the Garganega in the North, this skin contact, kind oxidative dude comes from almost pure limestone soils. In its youth, the acid is rippin'. The 2016 shows us a softer side, but versatile and so nuanced: almond; dried lemon peel; straw, ginger shrub. Try with a range of foods from shellfish to a pork roast. 13 hour maceration, spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks with