Wine Map of Italy
Sicilia (Sicily)
Contrasts are not the least of those things in which Sicily abounds. So perhaps it is not surprising that this ancient island boasts one of Italy's most modern wine industries of that a region noted chiefly in the past for strong and often sweet amber Marsala and Moscato has rapidly switched the emphasis toward lighter, dryer wines - whites and reds.
Marsala, which was devised by English merchant traders nearly two centuries ago, has remained Sicily 's proudest wine despite decades of degradation when it was flavored with various syrups and sweeteners. Recently it has enjoyed a comeback with connoisseurs, who favor the dry Marsala Vergine and Superiore Riserva with their warmly complex flavors that rank them with the finest fortified wines of Europe.
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Wine Regions of Italy
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Patrik Schmidt
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