Tag: Ben Rye

• Forbes Article: Celebrating Heroic Viticulture with Donnafugata’s Ben Ryè

  

  Pantelleria, a remote island off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, is home to “heroic viticulture – strong wind, little rainfall, absence of natural ground water, steep terraces, and isolated position,” explains Antonio Rallo, Winemaker at Donnafugata. Yet, this unforgiving land produces one of Italy’s most sought after sweet wines – Ben Ryè. […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 18, 2019

  Donnafugata, Italian wine, Italy, Travel, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  Ben Rye, Donnafugata, Forbes, Italian wine, Italy, Pantelleria, Sicily, wine, wine review, wine tasting

• Celebrating Italian Harvest with #ItalianFWT

  

  In the world of Italian wine September means harvest. It is common in Italy for grape harvesting to be done by hand. It is back breaking work for many, a rush to pick the grapes when their sugar levels (brix) are just right. Some wineries begin their harvest at the break of dawn, while others […]

  Michelle Williams

  October 1, 2016

  #ItalianFWT, Food, harvest, Italy, Travel, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Ben Rye, Contessa Entellina Estate, Donnafugata, food, Gran Via, harvest, harvest2016, Italy, José Rallo, music, passito, Sicily, travel, Viaggio in Italy, wine