These two days were the start of the wine journey and the pinnacle of why we were in Sicily. And therefore, the name of the contrada can be listed on the wine bottle label. The wines within the contrada produce a signature profile. A contrada is a named area of one or more vineyards that share the same topography, soil, weather, climate, altitude, etc. There are eleven communes (municipalities) within the DOC, and there are now 142 contrada within those communes. The Etna DOC was established in 1968 and is the oldest in Sicily. Note the backward “C” on the upper east coast.
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This is a free downloadable map courtesy of Delong. Side Note: In preparation for this trip, I read a couple of books about Sicilian wine, including, Palmetto: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey by Robert Camuto and The New Wines of Mount Etna: An Insider’s Guide to the History and Rebirth of a Wine Region by Benjamin North Spencer. Etna DOC wines drew me to Sicilian wines, so we started our trip there. The island is most known for wines from Marsala DOC, Vittoria DOC, and Etna DOC. Wine grapes are grown all over Sicily, including 23 DOC sub-regions and one DOCG sub-region. Sicily’s wineries have been raising the bar ever since. However, the Phoenicians in the 1100 – 1000 BCE brought vines, advanced enology, and viticulture knowledge to the island, which began the quest for quality wine.
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