Mount Etna Wineries

How to Complete

4 steps to experience this fully

1. 🍷 1

   Visit Benanti or Passopisciaro - the pioneers of modern Etna wine

   wine $$

   Photo ideas: Active volcano behind vineyards, black volcanic soils, the winery that started it all

   Photo ideas: Active volcano behind vineyards, black volcanic soils, the winery that started it all

   🍷 Log Memory
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   Taste single-contrada wines - 142 crus with different lava flow ages

   wine $$

   Photo ideas: Pale ruby Nerello in glass, map of contradas, your notes on volcanic minerality

   Photo ideas: Pale ruby Nerello in glass, map of contradas, your notes on volcanic minerality

   🍷 Log Memory
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   Walk pre-phylloxera ungrafted vines - 100-150 years old, survivors

   wine $$

   Photo ideas: Ancient bush-trained alberello vines, roots directly in volcanic soil, living history

   Photo ideas: Ancient bush-trained alberello vines, roots directly in volcanic soil, living history

   🍷 Log Memory
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   Compare north slope (Randazzo) to east slope - same volcano, different wines

   Optional

   wine $$

   Photo ideas: The terroir difference, your comparative tasting notes

   Photo ideas: The terroir difference, your comparative tasting notes

   🍷 Log Memory