Viticulture and winemaking took root on the slopes of Mt. Etna at least 3,000 years ago. Pliny the Elder, Homer, and Virgil all praised the quality of its wine. In the 18th century, Etna growers benefitted from prosperous trade with Great Britain and other northern lands lacking domestic wine production. By the 1960s, however, production slowed to just a trickle and by the ‘80s production in the old stone palmento was outlawed. Then suddenly in the early 2000s, Etna wine became once again as hot as the gas and cinders that burst periodically from the volcano’s crater. Wine Studies Instructor Toni Ketrenos will explore the soil, grapes, and economic factors that make—and break—a wine region.
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