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We were poured 2 vintages of the same wine and asked to guess how much older one was than the other. We knew the wine on the left was from 2022 but we did not know the age of the wine on the right.  I really underestimated the age difference. The wine on the right was  bit lighter in color than the one on the left and did not taste if it was as old as it turned out to be. The age was revealed, the young one we knew was 2022 and the older wine was from 2007. A testament to how well Etna wines age. 

Our final night of the tour. A happy hour get together and out for pizza

Catania and Mount Etna

Fopllowing the wine tour we stayed in Catania to explore a little bit of Mt. Etna. 

We stopped at the lava tube of Grotta Cassone. We were provided with hard hats which were really necessary as the tube requires  stooping down to get through the lower sections. We used the flash light on our phones. 

These last 2 pics are from the web site winstercavers.org.uk A fascinating site to check out. They show the tubes that lava once moved through much better than my cell phone pics. I felt like I was walking inside a mountain. It got very cool inside and was pitch black. Water was dripping down from above and I kept hoping my battery would last long enough. A great experience. 

Lava flows on the south face of Etna

The final stop was to the Silvestri Craters. These were the result of an eruption in the 1890's. 

Next stop, Milan