The Winery Alfio Cosentino of Etna of Sicile

Winery Alfio Cosentino - Vigna Don Paolo Bianco Superiore
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Sicile.
It is located in Etna in the region of Sicile

The Winery Alfio Cosentino is one of the best wineries to follow in Etna.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Etna to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alfio Cosentino wines

Looking for the best Winery Alfio Cosentino wines in Etna among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alfio Cosentino wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alfio Cosentino wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Alfio Cosentino

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alfio Cosentino

How Winery Alfio Cosentino wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of penne with shrimp and zucchini, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or chorizo rillettes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alfio Cosentino

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alfio Cosentino. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Discovering the wine region of Etna

The wine region of Etna is located in the region of Sicile of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Tenuta delle Terre Nere or the Domaine Gambino Vini produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Etna are Nerello mascalese, Carricante and Nero d'Avola, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Etna often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lime or new leather and sometimes also flavors of maraschino cherry, slate or crushed gravel.

In the mouth of Etna is a powerful. We currently count 176 estates and châteaux in the of Etna, producing 551 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Etna go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.

Discover the grape variety: Pascal

Pascal blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Pascal blanc can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Alfio Cosentino and wines from the region

Lucio Tasca d’Almerita dies

Lucio Tasca d’Almerita died in Palermo this week, on 25 July, aged 82. In Sicily he was known simply as ‘Conte Lucio’, such was the reputation of the Count and the amount of respect and affection people had for him. Lucio was one of the pioneers of winemaking on the island from a technical point of view, but moreover he was able to demonstrate how effective the modernisation of Sicily could be from a cultural standpoint. Born in Palermo on 9 January 1940, he was an athlete in his youth and even ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: February 2022

Inside the February 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Wines of the Year An extraordinary tasting, our best ever, of 126 wines put forward by Decanter’s experts and staff, resulted in these 51 top-scorers Your choice: why you bought that wine But was it really? Rolfe Hanson uncovers a host of decision makers involved in you picking that one bottle Burgundy 2020: vintage report Charles Curtis MW on the standout wines of this exceptional if hot year Producer profile: Château-Grillet Matt ...

The word of the wine: Terroir

Strictly speaking, the notion of terroir corresponds to the geological characteristics of a vineyard. However, when we talk about terroir, we take into account the soil, the climate (even the microclimate), the flora, the fauna, and the human factor that characterizes the practices that make up the art of the craft.