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Sicily- Italian Wine Region:

Italy's Wine Regions Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Latium Liguria Lombardy Marches Molise Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Alto Adige Tuscany Umbria Valle d'Aosta Veneto

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Boundaries: the Tyhhrenian Sea to the North, the Ionian Sea to the Southeast and the Mediteranian Sea to the Southwest.

Climate: Hot and intensely windy; similar to North Africa.

Soil: Rocky.

Grapes: Reds; Nero d'Avola. Whites; Catarratto, Inzolia, Malvasia, Zibibbo.

Sicily has more acres of grape vines in all of Italy but only two percent is DOC. The popular red varieties are Nerello Mascalese, Nero d'Avola and Perricone while the popular whites are Cataratto Bianco, Damaschino, Grecianico, Inzolia and Verdello.

Many Sicilians dislike the DOC and the regional government has set its own standards recognized by a "q" on the label that indicates the wine has met the quality criteria of the region. The DOCs include Etna, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Malvasia delle Lipari and Moscato di Pantelleria.

Sicily: Italian Wine Region- Dallas Bartenders

Marsala is the island's well-known Port-style fortified wine that is made in both sweet and dry styles from the Catarratto, Grillo, Inzolia and other grape varieties. The three types of Marsala are oro (golden), ambra (amber) and rubino (ruby); these can be secco (dry) with a maximum residual sugar of four percent, semisecco (semidry) with four to ten percent residual sugar or sweet (dolce) that has more than ten percent residual sugar.

Marsala Fine is aged a minimum of one year, Marsala Superiore is aged at least two years, Marsala Superiore Riserva is aged at least three years and Marsala Vergine or Marsala Solera has been aged in casks for a minimum of five years using the solera system. The most prized Marsala is Vergine Stravecchio Riserva, a dry Marsala that requires a minimum of ten years aging in casks.

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