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Corsica

Domaine Giacometti: An oasis in an inhospitable land

July 28, 2010

The Désert des Agriates is a burnt-to-a-cinder landscape extending westward from the Gulf of St-Florent and the mouth of the Ostriconi River. This 16,000-square-hectare (almost 62-square-mile) area on Corsica’s northern coast is dotted with clumps of cacti and scrub-covered hills. Inhospitable as it appears today, this area was once a veritable breadbasket during the time [...]

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Domaine Fiumicicoli: A wine with a thoroughbred’s spine

January 20, 2010

Domaine Fiumicicoli is located in the AOC Corse-Sartène. A 13th-Century Genoese bridge, the Pont de Spin’a Cavallu (pictured on the wine label), which spans the Rizzanese river, lies close by to the D69 départemental road that runs in front of the vineyard. If you continue north on this winding, two-lane road you’ll eventually arrive in [...]

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Clos Canarelli: The economics of fine winemaking

January 8, 2010

Tarabucetta, outside of Figari, close to the southernmost end of the island of Corsica, was proving to be as difficult to locate as a bottle of Yves Canarelli wine. I was searching for Canarelli and his eponymous vineyard, and not getting anywhere. This was, to put it mildly, extremely frustrating. It had taken at least [...]

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Le Clos d’Alzeto: From reign of terror to reign of terroir

December 31, 2009

Many speak of wine terroir as if it was a gift of Mother Nature. Those with such ideas need to visit the Le Clos d’Alzeto vineyard on the western coast of Corsica, just north of the island’s capitol city, Ajaccio. Corsica is like someone had grabbed a handful of mountain off of the mainland and [...]

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Le Clos Ornasca: A Corsican heart of gold

December 11, 2009

When I telephoned Laetitia Tola about setting up an appointment, the owner of the AOC Ajaccio vineyard Le Clos Ornasca agreed, but she wanted to know how long it would take. “Several hours,” I replied, explaining that I needed to interview her and take photos of the estate. “You can have an hour,” was her [...]

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