Nero d’avola is the most popular and most widely grown wine grape in Sicily. Named after the Sicilian town of Avola and cultivated on this island since the 1600s, this versatile, red wine grape ...

PALERMO, Italy — Although two-thirds of Sicily’s vineyard acreage is devoted to white grapes, the red wines are getting most of the attention. And much of the interest in Sicilian reds is ...

Nero d’Avola is Sicily’s best-known red wine grape and, at 18% of vineyard acreage, 34,000 acres, its most widely planted. The grape, grown all over Sicily, is named after the seaside town of ...

Nero Oro Nero D’Avola Appassimento Sicily DOC 2022 ($15).This wine is the bargain of the bunch. Made from grapes allowed to dry out either on the vine or on mats, it produces a very rich and ...

If Sicily were a free-standing nation (which, on occasion, it seems to believe that it is), it would rank seventh in worldwide wine production, at around 160 million gallons a year. Though it is ...

Courtesy of the brands Sambucese Nero d’Avola 2020 ($12) There’s a wonderful freshness to this pretty Nero d’Avola (the most widely planted grape, red or white, in Sicily) that’s easy to love.

IT'S A NEW YEAR, so it's time for a new wine. Here's one to look for while the weather is still cold: Nero d'Avola from Sicily. For a very long time, Sicily was known as a place that made massive ...

Nero d’Avola from Sicily has grown in popularity in recent years and now holds an important place among red-wine values from southern Italy. But quality varies, and finding those that have ...

If Sicily were a free-standing nation (which, on occasion, it seems to believe that it is), it would rank seventh in worldwide wine production, at around 160 million gallons a year.