Nerello & Nero d’Avola – the Noblest Grapes of Sicily?
Joel Butler MW 2.30 5.17.2024
How can two grape varieties whose names are based on the Italian word for ‘black’ be so different, with one ubiquitous across Sicily, the other almost exclusively farmed on the slopes of Mt Etna and nearby? The two varieties in question, Nero d’Avola [the black grape from Avola] and Nerello Mascalese [the little black grape from Mascali], are the yin an…
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