June 2026 · Charlotte Hill Why Taormina is the most compelling town in Sicily – and why the most discerning travellers, wine lovers, yacht crews, and property investors keep coming back.
Florence does not produce wine. It does something more interesting — it collects the finest bottles from the hills, valleys, and coastline that surround it, and offers them to anyone who knows where to look.
Italy is the most complex wine country on earth. It has 20 administrative regions, 341 DOC designations and 79 DOCG wines as of 2026 (the highest quality tier) and over 500 indigenous grape varieties found nowhere else in the world.
Most visitors to Lake Como come for the villas, the hotels, and the views. The serious traveler comes also for the wine.