In addition to movies, there is also fine wine!
You may like Piedmont, or you may not forget Tuscany, but as a standard Italian wine fan. You will definitely leave a corner in your heart for Sicily. Because the wine here is so intoxicating.
When Gus arrived in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, on April 13, 1787, he wrote: "If you don't go to Sicily, it's like you haven't been to Italy, because only in Sicily you can find the source of Italian beauty", which not only expresses the love of the beautiful scenery of Sicily, but also highlights the status of Sicily in Italy. It is also the filming location for The Beautiful Legend of Sicily.
(Movie Shot)
The Sicily sun and land make it a mecca for people, not only beautiful scenery, but also excellent wine. The Mediterranean climate and the volcanoes still erupting inject a powerful soul into Sicilian wines, and dozens of indigenous grape varieties like the black pearl grapes guarantee the unique temperament of Sicilian wines. Whether it's a powerful red wine, a crisp white wine, or an outstanding sweet wine, this is the perfect place to be born.
About the history of winemaking in Sicily
In fact, Sicily learned viticulture techniques from the Mycenaeans of ancient Greece in classical times, and Sicily winegrowers were already able to produce the best wines in the Mediterranean at that time.
(Ancient winemaking drawing)
Time passed, Sicily wine reached the end of the Roman Empire, and the local specialty sweet wine, Mamertine, became the darling of the ancient Roman ruling class at that time, not only in daily life but also at banquets, it is said that even Julius Caesar loved Sicily Mamertine wine.
However, for sicilian regions, as with many famous wine regions, the fate of the Sicily appellation has entered a period of decline after entering the twentieth century. Perhaps because of the volcanic terroir peculiar to Sicily that made the winegrowers proud, or perhaps because they were favored by the aristocratic royal family, the local winegrowers, encouraged by the government, pushed the grape production to the peak, so that it changed from fine wine to mass production. The flavor of the wine is greatly diluted, resulting in a low-end wine that is light and tasteless. So Sicily's reputation fell to the bottom in the 1970s, becoming synonymous with cheap and blended wines.
(Vineyards that are now produced automatically)
After the 1980s, some of Sicily's dreamy wineries were determined to save Sicily's reputation and return to the standard of intensive farming, taking nearly 10 years to reduce production. At the same time, more and more foreign wineries and more winemaker consultants are slowly beginning to pay attention to Sicily, as a promising emerging production area, Sicily ushered in the "second spring" of "young fame".