In the latest episode of GuildSomm: Into the Glass, host and Master Sommelier Chris Tanghe chats with Benjamin Spencer, an American journalist and winemaker who now lives on Mount Etna in Sicily. Chris and Benjamin discuss the history of winemaking on Mount Etna and cover grapes, styles, and producers to know. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for a blind tasting bonus!
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Benjamin Spencer is a writer, a winemaker, and the director of Etna Wine School. He is the author of The New Wines of Mount Etna, which won the Best European Wine Book award from Gourmand International in 2021. After years of making wine on California's Central Coast, in 2012, Benjamin relocated to Mount Etna in Sicily.
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