Marco de Bartoli Sicilia Bianco Pietranera 2024 spirits-template where Sangiovese ripens slowly and

where Sangiovese ripens slowly and holds onto its perfume

The 2017 has the texture and weight you'd expect from old Semillon vines on Sauternes soils

This is an incredibly friendly expression of mezcal

His Closerie Les Beguines is among the rarest unicorn Champagnes you can buy today

Marco de Bartoli Sicilia Bianco Pietranera 2024 spirits-template where Sangiovese ripens slowly andIn 1989, Marco de Bartoli did something nobody on Pantelleria had thought to do: he made Zibibbo dry. The grape had been the island's dessert wine workhorse for centuries, and turning it into a serious dry white was close to heretical. Pietranera means black stone, for the volcanic rubble the vines grow in, and it comes from a plot in the Cufura district planted in 1957 on north facing terraces at 350 meters, where the sun is kinder. It is aromatic