Breaking news with a remote wine angle. The Italian government is barring the US military from staging Mideast bombing missions from its shared Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily over lack of consultation. For now this will be a very popular move for the embattled right wing government here. The historic angleis the Sigonella diplomatic crisis of 1985. The wine angle is that Sigonella’s Navy Exchange has been known for having a fantastic selection of Sicilian wines on the Avant-garde especially during the early Etna boom years of the 00s thanks to Brandon Tokash and other vino-loving Navy guys.