The Winery Antica Masseria Selinus of Sicilia of Sicile

Tina Gellie, Content Manager and Regional Editor (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand & Canada) It was a big year of Decanter travel for me, heading to Napa and New York in June, South Africa in October and most recently a week each in Margaret River and South Australia. These trips have formed the basis of my festive selections. Christmas lunch on North Stradbroke Island (reunited with my family after four years, no thanks to Covid) always starts with oysters, followed by a bucket of prawn ...

Benanti’s roots in Sicily date back to 1734, when a member of the Bolognese family was sent to the island by Vittorio Amedeo d’Aosta. 250 years later, inspired by the local viticultural heritage and dramatic landscape, Giuseppe Benanti (1944-2023) began producing wine from indigenous Etna grapes. Those first vintages shaped what has been the mission of the family ever since: creating wines that celebrate the terroir and soul of Etna, in all its complexity and depth. Through research and experien ...

Extreme weather events mean Italy’s 2023 wine harvest could be up to 14% smaller than in 2022, said national farming group Coldiretti today (3 August), in an initial forecast based on assessments of the situation across the country. It’s still early days and much depends on conditions in the coming weeks, said Coldiretti. Yet it said national production could be around 43 million hectolitres in 2023, compared to 50m hectolitres last year. If this proves accurate, 2023 would rank alongside 1948, ...