Sicily
Sicily is Italy's southern most region, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years Sicily has payed a large role in Italian viticulture. Once famous for sweet Muscats and later fortified Marsala, in modern times though the island is best trusted for its dry table wine produced under the regional IGT title, Terre Sicilliane. The region has more vineyards than any other region in Italy. Sicilian grapes are often used for making raisins, used locally in cooking. Grapes also play a large part in dessert wines, which require a higher concentration of grapes and are consumed in smaller quantities. Though dessert wine counts for almost 90% of DOC production, several good red and whites are produced throughout the region. Sicily's soils and mountains from which they came play an important role in the region's viticulture. Mt. Etna, the towering stratovolcano is largely responsible for the mineral-rich, dark soils which charcterise the Etna DOC vineyards. It is now common to plant vineyards higher up on volcanic slopes to reep the benefits of cooler air and richer soils. Grape varieties on the island are a combination of 'native' varieties and newer, more trendy imports. Nero d'Avola and Catarrato being the most common native varieties. The large volume of Catarratto juice produced each year results in a lot of it being shipped to cooler Italian wine regions, where it is used to 'bulk up' the body and weight of otherwise thin, over-acidic varieties. A large percentage of what remains on the island is combined with Grillo and Inzolia to producte Marsala. Although less famous than Marsala, another sweet wine produced in the region is Moscato di Pantelleria, the Moscato grape in quetion being Muscat of Alexandria.
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The Marsala Wine. In 1980, Marco de Bartoli named his first wine Vecchio Samperi in honour of the la..
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Grillo is the most widespread vine planted in Sicily next to Nero d'Avola. It boasts a beautiful..
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Feudi di Pisciotto wines are always fabulous expressions of the Sicilian terroir and their ..
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria is the only DOCG of Sicily. This red is made from Nero d'Avola and Frappat..
€29.00 Ex Tax: €23.58
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Made from 100% Syrah, this stunning wine from Feudi del Pisciotto that offers fresh and crunchy..
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A fresh Mediterranean wine that captures the Sicily character we all know and love. This w..
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Passito wine made from the Zibbio grape variety. This style of wine has its roots from Arab times. T..
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Produced annually the Bukkuram Sole D'Agosto or "August Sun", is a sweet wine where 50..
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Beautiful to drink now, this wine has, thanks to modern techniques, incredible ageing potential. Int..
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In 1982, de Bartoli created 'Vigna La Miccia', classified as an 'Oro' or gold Marsal..
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Nero D'Avola is Sicily's native grape variety. For many years it was considered too syrupy a..
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The Feudi del Pisciotto Merlot comes from one of the first vineyards they planted back in 2002. The ..
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A superb IGT wine from Feudi del Pisciotto. Located inside the triangle created by Piazza Almer..
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A 50/50 blend of inzolia and catarratto grapes from the Sicilian producer Feudi del Pisciotto. ..
€17.00 Ex Tax: €13.82
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The grapes are dried for 2 weeks in the sun giving a fresh and lighter Bukkuram. Young, fresh a..
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This completely natural wine is made with little to no intervention giving it a cloudy appearance. U..
€34.00 Ex Tax: €27.64