diff --git a/omniduct/databases/presto.py b/omniduct/databases/presto.py
index f26308b..37b5e3a 100644
--- a/omniduct/databases/presto.py
+++ b/omniduct/databases/presto.py
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ def _init(
         self.schema = schema
         self.server_protocol = server_protocol
         self.source = source
-        self.__presto = None
         self.connection_fields += ("catalog", "schema")
         self._requests_session = requests_session
 
@@ -103,18 +102,11 @@ def _connect(self):
 
     @override
     def _is_connected(self):
-        try:
-            return self.__presto is not None
-        except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
-            return False
+        return True
 
     @override
     def _disconnect(self):
         logger.info("Disconnecting from Presto coordinator...")
-        try:
-            self.__presto.close()
-        except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
-            pass
         self._sqlalchemy_engine = None
         self._sqlalchemy_metadata = None
         self._schemas = None  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
@@ -162,10 +154,6 @@ def _execute(self, statement, cursor, wait, session_properties):
                 logger.progress(100, complete=True)
             return cursor
         except (DatabaseError, pandas.io.sql.DatabaseError) as e:
-            # Attempt to parse database error, before ultimately reraising the same
-            # exception, maintaining the full stacktrace.
-            exception, exception_args, traceback = sys.exc_info()
-
             try:
                 message = e.args[0]
                 if isinstance(message, str):
@@ -191,12 +179,6 @@ def _execute(self, statement, cursor, wait, session_properties):
                     )
                 )
 
-                class ErrContext:
-                    def __repr__(self):
-                        return context
-
-                # logged twice so that both notebook and console users see the error context
-                exception_args.args = [exception_args, ErrContext()]
                 logger.error(context)
             except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
                 logger.warn(
@@ -206,17 +188,14 @@ def __repr__(self):
                     )
                 )
 
-            if isinstance(exception, type):
-                exception = exception(exception_args)
-
-            raise exception.with_traceback(traceback)
+            raise
 
     @override
     def _query_to_table(self, statement, table, if_exists, **kwargs):
+        from pyhive.exc import DatabaseError
+
         statements = []
 
-        if if_exists == "fail" and self.table_exists(table):
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Table {table} already exists!")
         if if_exists == "replace":
             statements.append(f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {table};\n")
         elif if_exists == "append":
@@ -225,7 +204,16 @@ def _query_to_table(self, statement, table, if_exists, **kwargs):
             )
 
         statements.append(f"CREATE TABLE {table} AS ({statement})")
-        return self.execute("\n".join(statements), **kwargs)
+
+        try:
+            return self.execute("\n".join(statements), **kwargs)
+        except DatabaseError as e:
+            if (
+                isinstance(e.args, dict)
+                and e.args.get("errorName") == "TABLE_ALREADY_EXISTS"
+            ):
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Table {table} already exists!") from e
+            raise
 
     @override
     def _dataframe_to_table(self, df, table, if_exists="fail", **kwargs):