Etna DOC affects the maturation of the grapes and therefore there is a significant difference between the harvest period of the Etna and the rest of the Sicily areas. The soil is volcanic and very rich in minerals. It is formed by the disintegration of one or several types of lava of different ages and eruptive materials such as lava, ash and sand. Containing all these particles, the crops cultivated on Etna soil benefit from nutrients like iron, copper, phosphorus, magnesium and others. Etna DOC Etna is a "Denominazione di origine controllata" (DOC) for wine from the Etna region in Italy. Etna
French corvette Etna (1795) morning by and , which she tried to distance. "Melampus" came within range around 15:30 "Etna" resisted for two hours before striking her colours as joined the battle. The "London Gazette" reported that on 13 November and drove a French navy corvette ashore near Barfleur. However the British were not able to get close enough to assure her destruction. Then "Melampus" and captured another corvette, which was the "Etna". "Etna" was armed with eighteen 12-pounder guns and had a crew of 137 men under the command of Citizen Joseph La Coudrais. The prisoners stated that both corvettes were carrying military