Wojciech Bońkowski
Master of Wine

Flowery wine

Sicily’s rising star Arianna Occhipinti makes controversial wines. After lukewarm impressions from the 2007 vintage I have a look at the 2009 Il Frappato and man, this wine rocks!

Frappato: unique

Sicily’s Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an unexpected wine: light, airy, perfumed and Burgundian though it comes from Europe’s southernmost corner.

The Talking Cricket

Forget flabby, low-acid, jammy, oxidative wine from Sicily. Here’s something really fresh and elegant. Plus a nice 19th-century drawing.