New Website and Online Classroom Coming Soon
In the coming weeks we will be launching a new website with an online digital classroom for distance learners interested in the wines of Mount Etna.
THE NEW WINES OF Mt ETNA – An Amazon Best Seller
Please remember to leave a review of The New Wines of Mount Etna on Amazon, it helps local wine producers by increasing visibility of Etna wines and the people who sell them.
Join Us @ Vinitaly
We are honored to be working with Santa Maria La Nave this year at VinItaly. We invite you to stop by — Pav 2, Stand 10A — to try some of the most inimitable wines from Mount Etna, Sicily … If you would like to set an appointment, send us an email to arrange a …
Ætna: Before The Beginning
Note: Locations referenced in the following text can be found in the map above The Phoenicians may have been fine merchants and salesmen, but it took the arrival of the Greeks to imprint the concept of true viticulture in Sicily. In 734 BCE, a small fertile valley was settled at the northeast opening of the …
"Etna is …" #Winelovers Speak
For the best experience, watch the video above in HD (high definition). [Select “settings” in the lower right of the screen and choose your preferred resolution.] I do a lot of grass roots wine education—for individuals, small groups, sommeliers, importers, wine schools, and journalists—using Etna as a lens to have an engaged conversation about the …
Safety Through Science
It’s inevitable. At least one time during every class, or tour, or lecture I get asked: Are you scared to live on a volcano? or Is there any kind of alert system in place? Surely, when I moved to the volcano, I was a bit nervous. I watched eruptions and fingers of lava light up …
Etna "breathes"
During a ten-year study of Mount Etna, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory filmed the expansion and contraction of the mountain surrounding the vertical and lateral lava chambers that constructed and reconstructed the volcano over the recent 220,000 years. Between 1992 and 2001, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) used …
Your Wine Bus Is Boring … The EWS Has a FANCY Van!
In late-December 2014, we shot our first commercial for the wine tours and educational experiences we offer through The Etna Wine School™. It was a lot of fun. Our staff spent the day with a great director and his team, going to the places we frequent for our wine classes on Mount Etna – including Monaci …
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A Tribute: Women of Etna
By Nadine Guarrera When we learned that this year’s International Women’s Day theme was “Make It Happen,” I knew we had to shine a light on the women in wine here on Etna. International Women’s Day occurs on March 8 of every year and celebrates women in general in addition to the economic, political and social achievements …
EWS Listed in Swide Magazine's Top 10 Best Experiences of Italy
By Benjamin Spencer It’s not easy making a mark in the culinary scene of Italy. You need to know your stuff. Over the last two years we have worked very hard to set up our company and communicate this simple fact: WE KNOW ETNA WINE. In that time, we’ve met #winelovers and journalists from around the …
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