Milan, May 17th, 2016. Antonio Rallo, president of the Consiglio di Tutela (the Supervisory Council) of the DOC Sicilia (Sicily’s controlled appellation system) and director of the Donnafugata cellars in Marsala (province of Trapani), is the new president of the UIV Union Italiana Vini. A significant choice
From sensorial experiences to projects for protection and improvement of the soil, Wines for Landscape announces new horizons for a new visibility and luster for wine landscapes and new prospects for the creation of professional figures working in the field of landscape science. The pilot
Image visiting vineyards by train, a comfortable and relaxing trip. Image enjoying with all one’s senses a territory as unique as Europe’s largest active volcano. Image having, in the train, expert accompaniment who will recount every detail worth knowing to you while you move ever
Traminer, the restaurant of Salvatore Aricò and Giusy Bucca, is not what one might expect. Far from the major gastronomical routes, protected by the countryside but caressed by a fresh breeze from the Tyrrhenian sea, it is a project which was born from a concept
This is an announcement which we would never have wished to give. Giacomo Rallo, born in 1937, honored as a Cavalier of the Italian Republic for his work, founder of the Donnafugata winery, co-founder of the Associazione Viticoltori Sicilia (Assovini), the association of Sicilian wine
DOC Sicilia - Alastro 2015 Planeta This was one of the first wines to have seen the light at lake Arancio near the town of Sambuca di Sicilia in 1995, together with some more renowned Chardonnay and Merlot. Alastro is a long-sighted, proud and dignified wine that
DOC Etna Rosso, Guardiola 2014 – Alta Mora, Cusumano Alta Mora is Diego and Alberto Cusumano’s new winery on the Etna volcano, and is located in the Verzella – Pietramarina area, near the town of Castiglione di Sicilia. Lying underground for three quarters of its premises, the
Sicily, culture and conquest 21 April – 14 August 2016 London, The British Museum The largest island in the Mediterranean. The home of Mount Etna. A cultural centre of the ancient and medieval world ★★★★ "a brilliant history" The Guardian ★★★★ "historically illuminating and visually stunning" The Times ★★★★ "marvel at Sicily’s outstanding past" The Telegraph ★★★★ "thrilling" The Evening Standard ★★★★ Sicily
Cantine Aperte / Open Cellars - Sicily Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29, 2016 Open Cellars is the most important wine tourism event in Italy. Since 1993, member wineries of Movimento Turismo del Vino open their doors to personally meet the public on the last Sunday in May.
Passeggiata La Segreta Saturday, April 30th Ulmo – Planeta Winery Sambuca di Sicilia (AG) A walk through the nature, a path that runs along the vineyards and arrive at a clearing protected from the hill, a "Secret" stop over to the old watering place (read more, program only italian). Il