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[thecheekychef]

VINO VOLCANICO no.6 NATURAL WINE TRIP

MAY 18-24, 2025 -- MT. ETNA, SICILY

Vino Volcanico is back and we’re taking it to another part of the island of Sicily, the winemaking region of Mount Etna. This food/wine retreat is open to all (adult men/women)!

Register by December 15th

Chef Linda Sarris will lead a small group of guests through the wilderness of Mt. Etna. During the trip, you will be hosted in a gorgeous villa as we taste our way through wines/spirits produced by small artisanal growers. This 6-night retreat includes a fun-filled itinerary visiting friends on the volcano, who just happen to be experts in their fields. We’ll visit several small estates, dine out and have home-cooked family meals at the villa. I’m most excited about spending time at the table over long lunches at private vineyards and cooking for our group at our home-sweet-home for the week. 

I’ve wrangled my urge to over-schedule you with too many plans packed into the trip, so there will be free time to lounge poolside or take advantage of the glitz & glam of having your own private Sicilian villa.

For those who like to have a bit more structure, don’t worry we got it covered. Everything is reserved ahead of time and we have private drivers to help with transportation, but you can rest assured I will take care of everything for you and all meals/bevs/activities will be included. We’ll be sure to leave a little wiggle room in the plans for spontaneous Sicilian surprises.

[ibabygrowl]

View of Mt Etna at Hotel Villa Angela in Taormina, Italy

[viverawinery]

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@viverawinery @dellavinoimports ・・・ Thanks to @loredana_vivera we can visit @viverawinery in #sicily with a view of erupting #mtetna🌋 ✉️ info@vivera.it 💻 www.vivera.it #Vivera #etna and #sicily #organic #wines #vulcanoetna #etnawine https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-TfjinSqX/?igshid=jnqu2vrltoxz

[dandelionwineshop]

🍷❤️ THURSDAY NIGHT TASTING 6-8PM: CARBONIC LOVE with @coeurwineco @mariel.goddu behind the bar with Beaujolais and Etna reds that pair so well with this season. 🍇🌞🍃 #drinkwine #greenpoint #carbonicmaceration #beaujolais #domainesaintcyr #lagaloche #crubeaujolais #chenas #gamay #mtetna #ayunta #nerellomascalese https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CVQOhHTH1/?igshid=d02d4b7wpcua

[garryloughlin]

#mtetna #sicily #italy https://www.instagram.com/p/BrkQryKACpX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18pnz0mqh8u5z

[gandswines]

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Some tasting note on the 2016 Terre Nere Nerello Mascalese. For full video go to my IGTV channel. Cheers! @tenutaterrenere #nerellomascalese #mtetna #fruitinglass #grapesandsandpublishing #published #winedrinker #chef #food #restauranteur #media #news #booksales #booksandwine #culinary #wineculture #winebooks #wine #grapes #winelovers #winetasting #book #bookstore #bookstores #writer #authors #restaurants #winebar https://www.instagram.com/p/Brv-QAtFxeo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=107odwjqhifbx

[reduxforyou]

Following #color and #light in #monterossocalabro . Frequent stops. So much to see. Beautiful vistas, details and daily life. #iellamoproduce is delicious #mtetna is erupting. #happysheep #eucalyptus #oranges and more #photography #suemuldoonimages (at Monterosso Calabro) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsuqkVzA8t-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i0jwy8k8gpel

[studiospatial]

Geoart over an Erupting Mt Etna, Italy . . . . #studiospatial #geoart #satelliteimagery #landsat #mtetna #italy (at Mt. Etna) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_AByNPtwn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[poeticjunky]

#mtetna #smoldering #volcano #taoromina #sicily #alltheprettythings #myjourney #junkiejournals (at Taormina centro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNrt60grVP/?igshid=56i56iaqhdga

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#MountEtna, one of the world's most active #volcanoes, belched #smoke and #ashes in a new #eruption on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021 but #Italian authorities said it posed no danger to the surrounding villages. Images showed a spectacular rose-coloured plume of ashes above the snow-capped summit, but the cloud had largely dissipated by #nightfall, while #lava flows continued to glow. #MtEtna #Volcano #VolcanicEruption #Sicily #Italy #NaturalDisaster #Lava #volcanobay Reposted from @indiatoday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLa24LiByR5/?igshid=7zc62avnsq13

[andretna]

#etna #vulcanoetna #etnavolcano #etnavulcano #mtetna #sicily #sicilia #plume (presso Torre del filosofo (2920m)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPmYVfod3y/?igshid=x4l7zx9hgt5y

[rickfr001]

Beautiful Destruction... Looking up to the summit of #mtetna🌋. You can see where fresh lava flows have run and where allowed plants and other amazing wildlife moves in on the older flows. @__canonitalia__ @canonuk @inlovewithsicily @travelsicily_official @sicilytravelling @visititalyofficial @volcanoplanetpics @etnaoficial @usgs #etna #volcano #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature #italy #sicily #travellers #inlovewiththemed #instagood #instamood #natgeoyourshot #liveforthestory (at Mount Etna, Sicily) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9sTWbgbgn/?igshid=9ilycexuhsgr

[i-prescribe]

One of my favourite pieces of music. The Mission , always break my heart, and it fractures my soul, when I hear it.. I feel my heart experience real sadness, at the World. I had the pleasure of watching and listening to @EnnioMorricone play @TheMission , in The amphitheatre@Taorminafilmfestival #MtEtna had exploded, and it was spewing its red hot lava , in the background . It was fitting it felt like the end of the World was in motion, as the Music belted out around us . Mother Natures soundtrack at just that moment. I can be brash,wild and full of anger towards injustice, unable to hold back my expressions in the light of selfishness and cruelty, but ultimately the only thing that can change anything in this World is Heart It's hard for business that has to close, terrifying for many who have no certainty . The only thing we are certain about , is that we are all in this together and out of this mess we will rise, as we have before and will no doubt do again. We need to stick together and show solidarity and respect . #universalreset If ever their was a spiritual dimension to anything in this World it's now. A mirror being held up to show us who we are..... to look ourselves squarely in the eye .To take the time to slow down and reflect, #personaldivinity We can all feel the lack of control we have over our environment and how we influence and interact with each other. We can feel camaraderie springing up, which makes it so disappointing to see the lack of it, in other quarters. We need to trust and make decisions, based on what is best for everyone and be measured, because essentially that takes care of us , that heart spreads faster than any virus We are literally being forced by mama nature to sit down and take stock. All our worldly goods are of no use to us, right now. Money is going to mean nothing for a while . All the must haves! Are a 48pack of toilet paper and antibac Their are very many who are really petrified right now! Pregnant women, elderly, children, business'clean addicts on the brink , men and women whose anxiety is rising like bile . We are all on edge, we all have the answers. The only answer that is relevant is 💗spread it! https://www.instagram.com/p/B9w7SfEHSsV/?igshid=1746ikzpp8qab

[dandelionwineshop]

THURSDAY NIGHT TASTING 6-8PM: CARBONIC LOVE

CARBONIC WHAT???

Feels like FALL this morning! We stepped outside to offer some breakfast to a stray cat on our balcony and the air was cool and crisp! What better time to talk about Beaujolais? Beaujolais is a region in the southern part of Burgundy where the red wines lean away from Pinot Noir and instead focus on the lighter-bodied Gamay grape. Many of these wines are made using a method called carbonic maceration, in which the grapes sit in a container of some type with almost no oxygen and lots of carbon dioxide and undergo an intracellular fermentation (sugar to alcohol) within the grape itself! Pretty cool, very historic, and it lends these wines some of their classic fruit-driven character. Possibly because Beaujolais was where the “Natural Wine” movement began, and also because it creates lighter wines, this process has become something we see with other grapes these days and all over the world. Tonight we’ll compare several examples – two classic Beaujolais, one village level and one Cru – as well as our new most favoritest everyday sipper, the amazing Ayunta from the slopes of Sicily’s active volcano, Mount Etna. The ever-so-fabulous Mariel of Coeur Wine Company will be behind the Lions Club Bar tonight breaking your coeur with these beautiful wines. So come on down to the Shrine of Wine and party with us tonight. We’ll be serving up  WINE, BREAD, CHEESE, VINYL & LOVE!

Domaine Saint-Cyr, La Galoche Beaujolais 2018

Classic Beaujolais like we thought we’d never be buying again at this price. Raphael Saint Cyr is the fourth generation vigneron at the Domaine de Bellevue, which was created by his great-grandfather Pierre Saint Cyr in Anse at the southern edge of the Beaujolais. When Raphael took over the winemaking in 2008, he let go of a large portion of Beaujolais vines around the winery, and acquired vines further north in the crus of Morgon, Regnié, Chénas, and Moulin-à-Vent. At the same time, he converted the entire 23 hectare domaine to certified organic viticulture, making Domaine de Bellevue the largest organic domaine in the Beaujolais. Unusual for the region, the crus are all single vineyard parcels, and the name of each terroir is listed with each wine. All of the wines are vinified with natural yeasts. They are fermented in concrete tanks and then aged in used barrels for 12-18 months. La Galoche, the straight Beaujolais cuvée, is aged for 6 months in concrete tanks. From a 15 hectare plot of 25 year old vines that sit on clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested and de-stemmed. A carbonic maceration using native yeasts for 15 days and alcoholic fermentation for 20 days, followed by 6 months aging in concrete tanks. Organic, natural, no sulfur added. WE LOVE THIS WINE, IT'S PERFECTLY DELICIOUS AND $20!

Domaine Saint Cyr, Chénas Les Journets 2017

Raphael is a relatively young winemaker, but he’s making his wines in a very traditional way. He’s also quite a cool guy, a big teddy bear who smokes too much. We describe his style as “New school old school new school” and he is friend of the Fab Four. The Chenas is profoundly mineral. Come on a Journet! ;) 100% Gamay. Sourced entirely from a new block of 40 year old vines on white granite soils, 2017 is the first vintage for Les Journets. 100% Carbonic fermentation with native yeast, followed by 8 months aging in neutral barrels. Organic, natural, no sulfur added. $36

Ayunta, Terre Siciliane Nerello Mascalese Rosso 2018 (Etna)

Did we bury the lead? Maybe. When it comes to carbonic it makes sense to talk about Beaujolais first BUT!  We could not be more excited about this frickingdelicious-amazingaffordable wine! We've been hoping for something different, and so, it turns out, has winemaker Filippo Mangione. This carbonic example of Nerello Mascalese from Mt. Etna provides another view into the area, something more wild and more freshly red-fruited, still with the telltale smoky minerality of the volcano, but more of an everyday drinker, with a price to match. This is the kind of wine winemakers produce for their families and their neighbors. Historically this style was known as “pista e’mmutta” (Meaning: press it and put in the barrel straight away). In this case, there’s a gentle pressing with short carbonic maceration followed by fermentation in a cement vat.

Ayunta is a family owned little grape farm & winery, running 2,8 hectares of old vineyards at almost 700 meters above the sea level on the northern slopes of the Mount Etna in Sicily, close to the little village of Randazzo, about one our driving north the city of Catania. Our focus is to produce wines with the best personality of the terroir and the indigenous grapes from Mount Etna. Growing up in Agrigento on Sicily’s southern coast, Filippo Mangione had winemaking in his blood. For generations his family tended vines and made wine in their palmento until his grandfather passed away in the sixties. The vineyards and building were sold off; leaving his family without an estate. After university, he dove headfirst into the world of wine: working as a waiter, sommelier, journalist, and sales/export in both the US and the UK. The more he worked selling other peoples’ wines, the more he felt the pull to revive his family’s legacy and re-establish an estate of his own. In 2011, after months of visiting and walking the slopes of Etna, Filippo happened to meet the old owner of a nearly abandoned vineyard in Calderara Sottana planted in the early 1900s behind a grove of chesnut trees. Too old to work the vineyards any longer, he was thrilled that Filippo wanted to continue his work, telling him “Take it. Don’t let this vineyard die.” Filippo spent his life savings to buy that vineyard and Ayunta was born. Their winemaking protocol is very easy: “only grapes and only time.” Organic, biodynamic, natural. $20

[davidmzero-blog]

The latest photo from @natgeo inspired me to find one from my trip to #mtetna🌋 #sicily #italy last year. It was #biblical to eat lunch and watch the #volcano spit and spew. #roadtrip #howdidienduphere #instagood #mtetna (at Etna Vulcano) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7l6PYNJ-fG/?igshid=1sh8nuwwcvf91

[decksandtreks]

Good morning, Taormina, Italy and Mt Etna. . #CrystalSerenity #luxury #Mediterranean #cruise #Taormina #Italy #MtEtna (at Taormina, Sicily, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B25uWqyBY59/?igshid=uh8i65d59jmx