The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162855   Message #3909467
Posted By: Steve Shaw
04-Mar-18 - 06:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Nero d'Avola is produced in huge quantities every year in Sicily, Dave. It's the country wine of Sicily and it's what you get everywhere if you ask for the house red. It's never that complex, but at its best it's a fruity glass of Sicilian sunshine. As always there'll be the odd poor specimen. I'm not keen on the Lidl single-bottle one. I haven't tried yer Spar one. Another great Sicilian one is Nerello Mascalese which is grown on the volcanic soils on the flanks of Mount Etna. We had grand ones in Sicily but it's usually a bit pricey this end. Wotwine likes the Morrison's one but we didn't like it much. One man's fish is another man's poisson...