The adventure in the world of wine for Antonino Cossentino started in 1995, when he began to process some native grapes...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
United States, China, Japan, Korea and Belgium. These are the aims of the Institute for wine and vine (Irvv) for Sicilian cellars. “A programme” explained president Leonardo Agueci, “that is part of the overall strategy for the promotion of Sicilian wines, which...
There are 5000 vines aged 15years in Giummarella, near Trapani, from which only 2 kilos from each plant are collected, when...
Lanzara, Cambria, Arfo, Vasari, Occhio di Sole, Caravaglio, Abraxas, Pietra Tagliata, Caruso & Minini, Calatrasi, Viticultori Associati di Canicattì and Alambicco di Sicilia. These are the twelve Sicilian wine cellars that, led by the Regional Wine...
A Norman castle, ancient walls that enclose a network of streets and churches that remind...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
Gaspare Baiata, 56 years old, is a “professional” of wine. An authority in this sector. He is the head of the Paolini Cellars, one of the most important co-operative cellars of the Island. When he heard that the region wanted to fight the “poverty” of some wine...
Aegisthus son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. Cassandra, daughter of King Priam and not listened to because Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
“Sicilian wine excellence keeps on growing”. This is the result of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in which Sicily won one Great Gold...
There is a 200-year-old Christ in the vineyards, where very year in Spring many pilgrims ask for divine intervention to thank...
A duel between Donnafugata and Tasca d’Almerita will be held soon in Naples. The two wine companies will compete with their Nero D’Avola in the section Le Verticali Doppie within the first edition of the Città del gusto Wine Lab in Naples. An event...
A real success for the Sicilian co-operative wineries at the Vinitaly 2010. More than 20 prizes for these types of wineries that in Sicily represent more than 80% of the wine production. Next to the Viticultori Associati of Canicattì (Agrigento), that won many...
Sicilian wineries will be more international through a new partnership between the Regional Institute of Vines and Wines (IRVV)...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
More than 3000 hectares of vineyards belonging to 900 different producers, more than 150 thousands hectolitres of wine and 26 labels. These are the numbers of the Cantine Paolini from Marsala, in the province of Trapani. It was born in 1970 and...
“Wine is our daily life. It is our commitment for the ever growing request for top quality products by consumers who have become...
There is a Wwf reserve in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, that hosts for long periods of the year, herons and hawks and...
They were the first ones to turn the Frappato into wine in 1995. After ten years the Vittoria Doc was born, and amongst its monovarietal wines there are also the native Sicilian vine...
Tradition for the care of vineyards and technological innovation in the cellars. This is the recipe of the wine company Lanzara di Menfi (Agrigento), a territory that together...
“It all started in the 1960s, when my grandfather decided to move from Partinico, in the province of Palermo, to Ravanusa...
An area of Sicily dedicated to the cultivation of vines, with luxuriant vineyards and age-old olive groves that offer a unique landscape...
Nerojbleo e Nerobufaleffj of the Gulfi company, in the province of Ragusa, obtained...
Their names are Cruci Monaci and Noir and they are the two new wines of Valcerasa, a small wine company in the province...
A wine that tells about Sicily, its history and its myths. The nectar of Gods produced by the wine company Patria, which originated...
A new white wine by Barone di Villagrande will soon arrive. It is called “Legno di Conzo”, a Carricante with a unique purity, after four...
Sicily is starting to compete with the rest of the world thanks to what the territory offers and the knowledge possessed. Wine and...
Palermo, world capital of wine. The Brussels World Wine Fair organization and Italy decided to organize the 17th edition of this...