2022 Eduardo Torres Acosta Viticultore 'Versante Est' Carricante, Terre Siciliane IGT Sicily, Italy Worlds Apart supporting Hoch's vision that the

supporting Hoch's vision that the best expression of terroir comes from the blend rather than a dominant vintage

VINIFICATION: Grapes are picked up by hand when fully ripen

Despite an unprecedented dry lightning storm on August 17th that set several areas in Northern California ablaze

with some small lots in neutral barriques

2022 Eduardo Torres Acosta Viticultore 'Versante Est' Carricante, Terre Siciliane IGT Sicily, Italy Worlds Apart supporting Hoch's vision that the90% Carricante 10% other local varieties. 2020 was the first vintage of this bottling, from three parcels averaging 80 years old on the east face or "versante est" of Mt. Etna, Eduardo's first from vines not on the "versante nord" (which lends its name to his main white and red wines). Like many of his vines, these are alberello or bush plantings which he farms organically and harvests by hand. The soils are sandy volcanic ash and the elevation ranges