This mountainous, aggressively self-assertive island produces huge quantities of wine, much of it high-quality table wine, as well as the famous Marsala (a fortified desert wine) and Moscato di Pantelleria.
Though dessert wines account for about 90% of the total DOC production, in recent years Sicilia has made a name for itself in the world of international wine thanks to local grape varieties (nero d’avola in particular) as well as international ones that are produced all over the island by highly regarded producers such as Planeta, Benanti and Cusumano among others. |