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 Region: Sicily (Sicilia)
  • Capital: Palermo
  • Provinces: 9
  • Population: ca. 5,0 Mio.

'If in your flowering age, like that of Nestor, one amphora with Mamertino gives you one, give it what name you want, but the most famous wines ...' Julius Caesar is a wine word fame attributed to this, on one of the most famous wines of the ancient world, which still flourishes today in Sicily. Our wine tour of the mainland is in fact over, we go to the islands, Sicily and Sardinia over, and this quotation serves to salute.
 
We know her from the school, the ancient history of Sicily, myths and legends associated with, in which the gods rather than hard-drinking men found those who filled amphora without visible damage to mean a blank. But hard-drinking and drinking at the same time one must also be happy to Sicily, as the grapes ripen there already under the African light, and all the fire, the sun pours through the vineyards of the converts, later in the wine to overwhelming power.

There are real thoroughbred wines, this Etna bianco or rosso Etna for example, or the clear golden yellow Marsala, the smell of a hundred flowers exudes. Like the wines, the people - full-blooded and temperamental are the Sicilians, and in the knowledge of their 'culinary staying power' they have their wines to create a kitchen, the recipes are formally issued in ornate.
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 About 'Maccheroni con le Sarde' ie spaghetti, the strong and complex sauce of pine nuts, fennel, lots of herbs and olive oil served and one with anchovies parts again spiced be with, or 'Farsumagru' - rolled beef or veal with boiled eggs filled. 'Cuscusu', the typical fish soup with pasta, and desserts the world-famous Cassata course. Indeed, such a rich possibilities put even the strongest wine safe ground!

The famous wines from Sicily include the Nero d'Avola , Cerasuolo di Vittoria, and the white Insolia. The menu is tuna on top - as well as roe, tuna roe. However, indigenous vegetables, and sweets are high in the culinary course.

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