At the Island Wines Summit in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, I saw several dormant and active volcanoes.
I met a young man from, Italy, second generation of a vineyard family. He had the word ETNA tattooed on his wrist.
I asked him, 'is it an active volcano?'
''Yes.'
I gasped, 'Aren't you afraid of an active volcano?'
He shook his head and smiled. 'No, I am not afraid of an active volcano. I'm more afraid of people.'
His family winery is in my husband's book about island wines, Isle Drink, by Trevor Sharot. Which you can buy online from Amazon.
His name is Andrea Foti, and the winery is I Vigneri.
Website
He is one of the up and coming new generation of winemakers. He was a panellist who spoke at the conference.
He gave me a tee-shirt in lovely blue.
The message is minus arrogante, Italian for arrogance, meaning less arrogance.
And plus, carricante, more of the local grape called carricante. You can see a picture of the white carricante bunches of grapes on their website, and their black grapes.
Their website is in Italian or English. You can learn from the website about their soil, philosophy (no plastic), and where to buy the wines in Italy and how to book a tour to taste five or seven wines and tour the vineyard and old and new cellars, with containers of three types.
Websites
The Winery near Etna
Tracking volcanoes
https://volcanoes-earthquakes.appwesome.com/
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