What the name means
Etna DOC is a protected Sicilian designation recognized in 1968. Its production area covers parts of 21 communes around Mount Etna.
Research underway
Benanti Etna Bianco Carricante Sicily Italy White Wine
We have the store listing and package details. The deeper reporting for this wine is still underway.
- Style
- White wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- Etna
- Shelf barcode
- 8059591592991
The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$43.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$42.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Mount Etna winery
Benanti says Giuseppe Benanti founded the winery in 1988 in Castiglione di Sicilia on Mount Etna.
Research status
Where this page is headed
We are checking the current release, the producer record, and the bottle itself. Until that work is complete, this page reports only the facts carried by the dated store feed and shared region and grape research.
Getting to know Etna.
Etna identifies a mountain and volcanic wine origin, but slope, elevation and exposure change around the cone. The DOC name does not establish one vineyard or one side of the mountain.
How grapes grow here
Etna has a distinct mountain microclimate within Sicily. Elevation and exposure create substantial local differences, including large temperature changes between day and night in higher vineyards.
What lies under the vines
The vineyards grow in volcanic ground shaped by lava and ash from different eruptions. Soil age and depth vary by site, so Etna should not be reduced to one uniform volcanic profile.
How large the region is
- DOC communes
- The protected production area includes territory in 21 Etna communes.
- Park overlap
- Seventeen of those communes also fall within the Etna Park area.
Places within the region
- Mountain vineyards
- Etna viticulture occupies hillside and mountain settings around the active volcano rather than one continuous plain.
- Terraces
- Many vineyards are arranged on small and medium terraces built across the slopes.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.