A Stroll through Sicily

We’ve taken you to one half of Foni’s heritage, Greece, and now we want to take you to the other half – Sicily!
Wines by Epicure, with host David Ridge & matching Sicilian cuisine…

Knowing how to educate and sell has made David Ridge a fixture in the Australian wine business. With over 3 decades in hospitality, David has experience in almost every aspect of a broad and fascinating field – from retail, hotel, restaurant and distribution to winery, wine industry bodies, importing, education and writing. He’s written hundreds of wine-lists, conducted a thousand tastings, tasted tens of thousands of wines for import, export or publications, tutored would-be show judges, advised or represented a galaxy of Australia’s and the world’s great wine names.

He chooses as testimony the words of a large, old (and very successful) Barossa winemaker, who said: “Ridgey might be one of those sniffers and spitters, but at least he can sell wine.”

Expect to taste the goodness from producers like;

Terrazze dell’ Etna
Terrazze di Fessina
Curatolo Arini
Coralto & Paccamora

Each wine perfectly paired with a Sicilian dish local to the region, thanks to Chef Shannon Wilson and Foni’s mother.