Sicily

Arancino? or Arancina?

7th November 2025
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Or, ‘What’s in a name?’ by Kate FuscoeNOVEMBER 2025 The Diavolo is in the Detail There’s a moment when you discover that details are important. In wine-making, they’re essential. But, apparently, elsewhere too.  I was a guest of Etna Days – the 4th edition of an event that promotes and celebrates winemaking in the Etna…

Daughters of the Etna soil

5th November 2025
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Wine, Women, and… Willpower by Kate Fuscoe November 2025 ‘A Fimmina‘ Sicily’s Mount Etna – A Muntagna (or A Fimmina, in local dialect) – is female.  Maybe it’s because ‘Mamma Etna’ provides wonderfully fertile land, thanks to her rich, volcanic soil, or maybe it’s because there’s an ever-present threat of her erupting.  Wine, women… Italian…