Oz Clarke and Tom Surgey taste and explore modern wines from Sicily for the second episode in our Spring Sipping series.
‘Sicily used to be the biggest wine production area in Italy but is now the most improved. Be adventurous!’ – Oz Clarke
In this episode wine experts Oz Clarke and Tom Surgey encourage you to branch out and join them as they explore wines made with indigenous grapes – Cataratto Lucido, Frappato, Zibibbo and Inzolia. Watch them discover a fresh white made using methods more popular in Italy’s cooler northern wine regions; find out why they think Frappato is the ideal wine for warmer weather and describe why an orange wine, made with Europe’s oldest grape variety, takes wine “back to the future”.
Oz and Tom’s recommendations for modern wines from Sicily are:
Azienda Agricole Cortese, Nostru Cataratto Lucido Terre Siciliane IGP, Italy
RRP: £14.00
Stockists: The Wine Box, Reserve Wines, Yorkshire Vintners, ND John
Azienda Agricole Cortese, Nostru Frappato Terre Sicilane IGP, Italy
RRP: £14.00-15.00
Stockists: Old Chapel Cellars, Connolly’s, ND John, Topsham Wines, Aitken Wines
Azienda Agricole Cortese, Orange-utan, Bianco Terre Siciliane IGP, Italy
RRP: £15.00 – £16.99
Stockists: Cork of the North, Hoults, Appellations Wines, Reserve Wines, Carruthers & Kent, Amps Wine Merchants, Aitken Wines
Other blogs and videos in the WineAlive Spring Sipping Series with Oz Clarke and Tom Surgey , to be released over the next few months, include the Best Spring Cocktails and Sauvignon Blanc for Springtime, released just in time for International Sauvignon Blanc Day on May 1st 2026. See them all here:
Catch WineAlive’s full Spring Sipping series on YouTube at @wine-alive
