The wine list from your favorite Taormina vacation

If Season 2 of White Lotus had you googling flights to Taormina, we've got the next best thing. Or maybe you are needing a chang of pace from the usual suspects… Mount Etna's white wines, grown on black volcanic ash at altitudes that rival the Alps are some of the most exciting, mineral-driven whites in Europe right now. We picked five, from an easy Tuesday-night Grillo to a 95-point Carricante that belongs on the terrace of that hotel.

1. 2025 Feudo Montoni "Vigna della Timpa" Grillo — $22.99
Old-vine Grillo from a brutally steep, wheat-ringed hillside in Sicily's interior — not Etna, but proof the island's whites go way beyond the volcano. White peach, almond blossom, real acidity. Your new house white.

2. 2021 Planeta "Eruzione 1614" Carricante — $39.99
Named for the decade-long eruption that stopped at the edge of this vineyard. High-altitude Carricante with a splash of Riesling — citrus, orange blossom, a long mineral finish. The gateway bottle for skeptics.

3. 2024 Terre Nere "Calderara Sottana" — $54.99
From the estate that put single-vineyard Etna whites on the map. Rocky, pumice-flecked soil, unfined and unfiltered, savory and saline. Burgundian in spirit, volcanic in soul.

4. 2023 Graci "Muganazzi" — $64.99
94+ points, Wine Advocate. Bush-vine Carricante on its own volcanic rootstock — full-bodied, textural, built to age. "A very exciting and complete portrait of the grape."

5. 2023 Monteleone "Anthemis" — $64.99
95 points, James Suckling. Eastern-slope Carricante with Ionian Sea influence at 900 meters. Smoky minerality, white pepper, cedar — a serious, structured white that drinks like it costs twice as much.

Grab one to try, or all five for your own Sicilian getaway — no boat required. In store now.