Bigger Than Your Head

Bigger Than Your Head

Wine of the Day, No. 37

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Fredric Koeppel
Jul 27, 2015
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The Sicilian estate, Tasca d'Almerita, with vineyards at various locations on Mount Etna, dates back to 1830. It is operated now by Count Lucio Tasca and his sons Giuseppe and Alberto. The white wine under review today is made from a little-known indigenous grape, the

carricante, and perhaps it's the volcanic soil in which the vines grow, but this wine i…

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