A trail through tastes of Sicilian food and wine
Wine cellar visit and tasting | about 2 hours
This winemaking farm is set close to Acate, in a new and unusual territory, where the eye can travel all the way to the Iblei Mountains. This tasting itinerary winds through the farm’s vineyards, the modern barriques and tonneaux aging cellar, the old palmento (millstone) turned into wine museum, to end with a tasting of 4 wines paired with typical Sicilian dishes. The main characters in this tasting, aside from the traditional recipes prepared with local organic products, are two important vines: Frappato, for wines with delicate fruity scents, and Nero d’Avola, more structured, decisive and enduring.
Meeting point
- Meeting point scheduled on request
Visit and tasting
- a walk among the farm’s vineyard
- a visit to the modern barriques and tonneaux aging cellar
- a visit to the old palm tree orchard turned into museum
- 4 wine tasting paired with arancine, focacce ragusane, Ragusano Dop, olives, sun-dried tomatoes
End activity
Additional information
| Destination | Sicily |
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| Duration | About 2 h. |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Groups | Individual | Individual Min. 2 pax |
A trail through tastes of Sicilian food and wine
Wine cellar visit and tasting | about 2 hours
Victoria pulchra civitas post Camerinam, i. e. “Vittoria beautiful city after Camarina” is the writing set on the city’s coat of arms, founded by the Countess Vittoria Colonna on the ruins of Kamarina. On the coat of arms is a crowned eagle carrying luxuriant bunches of grapes to signify the city’s winemaking calling. When in 1607 Vittoria was founded, a hectare of land was granted to the first 75 settlers with the condition that another hectare be vine farmed. Such condition created a driving economy for nearby villages as well. Right at that time was born the Cerasuolo di Vittoria, probably inheriting the name from Kerasos, a local red berry bush. Today this wine is typically produced with Frappato and Nero d’Avola vines.
What’s in the tour:
Walk through the farm’s vineyards + visit to modern aging cellar with barriques and tonneaux + visit to the palmento turned into museum + 5 wine tasting paired with arancini, focacce ragusane, Ragusano Dop, olives, sun-dried tomatoes + guide (visit lasts about 2 hours)
| STARTING POINT/ARRIVAL | Acate Vittoria RG | ||||
| SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES | On request | ||||
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