“Mt. Etna speaks through Frank Cornelissen.”
—Alice Feiring, author of Naked Wine and The Battle for Wine and Love: How I Saved the World from Parkerization
“Naturalness is the road, not its end.”
—Frank Cornelissen
It’s official: I’ll be hosting a dinner for Etna winemaker Frank Cornelissen at Sotto in Los Angeles on Sunday November 11.
Lou will be there, too!
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