Etna is a perpetually active volcano that never stops, so the terroir is virgin, primordial, visceral, and in constant change.
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From the end of the 1800s to the beginning of the 1900s, the Etna area produced approximately 100 million liters of wine using exclusively palmenti.

Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Carricante, Catarratto, Minnella, and what about those gnarly vines?


Ciro Biondi
The alberello is a way to train the vines here on Etna, probably since the Greeks or the Romans. We use a chestnut pole like this one, and the vines then grow on it and it will support all the branches and it is well-ventilated. So, there is no barrier and you can access all the vines and not just the row with the wires in the middle.
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere
There was a grape producer in Burgundy who said a thing that I think was very wise. He said, “Pinot Noir is not a great grape. Pinot Noir is a great grape in Burgundy.” So Nerello is not a great grape. It’s a great grape on Etna. Outside of Etna, it doesn’t deliver.
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Graci
I think that people who live here in contact with a volcano that is beautiful, but also terrifying, that brings with it this activity, also quite often earthquake activity, that it is a symbol of creativity and also of disruption. People that live here, they have a really very unique approach with their inner world.
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