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Light, spicy Nero d’Avola blend with notes of cranberry, blackberry, sundried tomato, fennel seed and white mushroom.

This Mediterranean Muscat is lightly sweet and zesty with notes of lemon crème, kumquat, papaya, yellow rose and vanilla frosting.

Light, crisp and dry with notes of citrus rind, quinine, chamomile and honey.

This white gold colored Grillo is an impressive Summer wine. It opens with a very fragrant. Honeydew melon and lemon bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, slightly acid and juicy. The flavor profile is a very tasty mineral infused tangerine and pineapple blend with notes Anjou pear and lime. The finish is dry and very refreshing. This wine would be perfect with grilled swordfish steak with a lemon butter drizzle. Enoy (Ken).

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I am smitten by the 2010 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé and I look forward to tasting the wine again as it continues its evolution. This vintage presents a very graceful and feminine side to Ben Ryé with dried rose and almond blossom. As those perfumes lift, the wine reveals lasting tones of candied fruit, honey and brown sugar. There’s a noticeable contribution in the form of baking spice, cinnamon and nutmeg. This vintage produced lower yields than average, but the wine boasts a tonic and sharp sense of acidity as a result.

Si sono fatti attendere un anno in più, ma ora sono arrivati: Mille e una Notte 2007 e Ben Ryé 2009 grandi vini siciliani, senza dubbio alcuno.

Pretty dark gold color indicating the grapes have been dried outside in the bright sun of the island of Pantelleria. Wonderful aromas of apricots and orange jam with hints of toffee. Full body, very sweet and dense. Bright fruit and acidity with a underlying nuttiness. Fabulous dessert wine as always. Drink and enjoy.

Bright amber-gold. Penetrating aromas of aromatic spices and tropical fruit, complicated by honey and peach nectar. Saline and brightly acid, showing lovely lift to the rich, sweet flavors of spicy stone fruit, mango and grilled plantain. Long, rich and ripe but also very precise, showcasing lovely balance; I would have never guessed this has 199 g/L of residual sugar (the 7.9 g/L total acidity helped fool me). Strikes me as a much more freshly and lightly styled wine than some past vintages of Ben Ryé, but each will have its fans. Drinking window: 2016 – 2025. (Ian d’Agata)

Good full ruby. Deep, reticent, almost austere aromas and flavors of spicy dark plum, currant leaf, underbrush, coffee and graphite. Multilayered and complex; polished tannins provide backbone to the rich fruit. This still-brooding wine finishes long, displaying outstanding inner-mouth perfume. Strikes me as by far the best, most polished young Tancredi in memory; this is a wine in which rustic notes of hot-climate Cabernet Sauvignon almost always used to dominate. An almost 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Nero d’Avola, plus small amounts of Tannat and other grapes. Drinking window: 2018 – 2023. (Ian d’Agata)

A juicy and chewy red with plum, dried-cherry and dark-chocolate-flake character. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, tannat and nero d’avola.

A red with plums, dried berries and chocolate with hints of hazelnuts. Full body, soft tannins and a juicy finish. Drink now.

Intense aromas of burnt marmalade with lusciously textured, limpid palate of raisined fruits, prunes and smoky walnuts. A rich, showstopping style with memorable appeal.