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Jimmy’s Red Hot Sicily
The Volcanic Wines COS Winery
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Sicily
“To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything” (Goethe 18th C)
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Sicily: 1100BC
Phoenicians and Indigenous populations
Sicily: 750BC
Greek Influence
Sicily: 580-265BC
Punic Wars: Carthage v Greece
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Sicily: 264BC - 476
Roman
Sicilian History: Post Roman
440-827: Vandals, Ostrogoths, Byzantines 827-1091: Saracens/Arabs/Berbers, Vikings 1091-1194: Normans (Kingdom of Sicily in 1130) 1194-1266: German house of Hohenstaufen 1266-1282: French house of Anjou 1282-1860: Aragon, Spanish Bourbons • 1713-1720: House of Savoy • 1720-1734: Austrian Habsburgs 1816-1860: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1861: Unification of Italy
“Must read” books
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Sicilian Production
largest area under vine
www.italianwinecentral.com
Appellations of Sicilia
Northeast Sicilia (Val Demone)
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Etna Winegrowing Area
Established as DOC in 1968 Vineyard area: 950ha/ 2,350 acres Production: 27,000hl/ 300,000 cases
Red 60% White 30% Rosato 7% Spumante 3%
Mount Etna’s Alpine Climate
Etna’s Volcanic Geology
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“Must read” book
Etna DOC
Etna Rosso – Etna Rosso Riserva – Etna Bianco – Etna Bianco Superiore
Etna’s Contrade
Barbagalli
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Key Grape Variety: Carricante
Key Grape Variety: Carricante
Native to Etna Grows at high elevations Notably high in malic acid MLF/MLC a necessity High acidity, moderate alcohol
Key Grape Variety: Nerello Mascalese
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Key Grape Variety: Nerello Mascalese
Native to Etna Mascali is a commune east of Etna Sangiovese x Mantonico Bianco cross Late ripening, thin-skinned Site sensitive Smooth rustic tannin, high acidity, moderate-to-high alcohol, very savoury
Key Grape Variety: Nerello Cappuccio
Key Grape Variety: Nerello Cappuccio
Native to Etna Mid ripening, thin-skinned Also called Nerello Mantellato Smooth tannin, good acidity, moderate-to- high alcohol Only 1600ha
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Producer: Pietrodolce
Producer: Pietrodolce
Producer: Pietrodolce
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Producer: Benanti
Producer: Benanti
Producer: Fessina
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Producer: Fessina
Other Key Producers
I Vigneri
Tenuto di Castellaro
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Wine Bar in Randazzo
Il Buongustaio dell'Etna
Vittoria Winegrowing Area
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Sicilia’s first DOCG in 2005
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Producer: COS
Producer: COS
Limestone Soils
Producer: COS
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Key Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola
Key Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola
Most likely native to Siracusa Synonym; Calabrese Likely found in Greek wine Byblinos Needs warm growing conditions Deep color, full body and high alcohol
Key Grape Variety: Frappato
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Key Grape Variety: Frappato
Traditional grape of Vittoria (1760) Means ‘fruitful’ Related to Sangiovese Often used in blends Light-bodied, low tannins
Key Wines: Frappato
Key Wines: Cerasuolo di Vittoria
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Aeolian Islands
Aeolian Islands
Stromboli
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Lipari
Key Grape Variety: Malvasia di Lipari
Key Grape Variety: Malvasia di Lipari
Grown only on the Aeolian Islands Genetically identical: • Malvasia di Sardegna • Greco Bianco di Gerace • Malvasía de Sitges (Cataluña) • Malvasia Cândida (Madeira)
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Producer: Tenuto di Castellaro (Lipari)
Key Wine
Producer: Caravaglio (Salina)
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Key Wine
Cannoli
‘Leave the gun. Take the cannoli’ (The Godfather)
Pantelleria ‘Perla Nera’
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Pantelleria History
The Land of Pantelleria
Alberello Pantesco
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Pantelleria DOC
Key Grape Variety: Zibbibo
Moscato di Alessandria Big clusters of large, sweet berries Thick skins Suitable for drying Plantings are concentrated on Pantelleria
Passito di Pantelleria
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Marco de Bartoli
‘Marco is the soul of Italy... He is crazy, of course, but he has a heart of a chevalier’ (Giusto Occhipinti)
Marco de Bartoli
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