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View to Palermo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A mosaic of aromas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Italy without Sicily makes no picture in the soul: only here you find the key to everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot praise the climate enough; it is now the rainy season, though sometimes breaking off; today it thunders and lightens, and everything forceful turns green. The flax has partly formed knots, the other part is in blossom. In the hollows one might think to see small basins, so beautifully blue-green lie the flax fields below. The charming things are countless.<\/em><\/p>\nJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Italian Journey, Volume 1, Palermo,
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by Mathias Guthmann<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nT<\/span>\n\n\n

he moment he arrives in Palermo, the traveller is struck by a Mediterranean city alive with colour, scent, and unceasing movement.<\/strong>
He is immediately drawn into a melting pot of cultures shaped by a long and shifting history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once he leaves behind this maze of alleys and squares, small villages carved into the rock, bizarre mountain formations and wide open plains stretch out across the landscape<\/strong>.
Sicily reveals itself as a mysterious little universe waiting to be explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded by the Phoenicians, the city has seen countless dynasties, rulers and peoples come and go through the centuries.
It experienced a remarkable cultural flowering under the Normans.
This is most vividly felt in the Cathedral of Monreale, perched above the city \u2013 sublime architecture and art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 600,000 people live in the Sicilian capital; the harbour remains a major economic force.
Agriculture and tourism also play significant roles.
And, of course, so does wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cathedral of Monreale \u2014 a monument of Sicily\u2019s flowering under the Normans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A press trip with an international cast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I cannot help referring once again to Goethe\u2019s Italian Journey<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To secure the financing of his trip, the great poet negotiated with his publisher G\u00f6schen in Leipzig before leaving Karlsbad; the first collected edition of his works was to be published. A fee of 2,000 talers was discussed \u2013 and agreed upon.
After Duke Carl August continued to grant Goethe his ministerial salary at the end of 1786, the financial means were finally secured; the journey could finally begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am invited by the Sicilia DOC Consorzio di Tutela Vini \u2013 Goethe or no Goethe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this essay, I will paint a picture of winegrowing in Sicily for you.
With the tones, aromas and nuances that light up the canvas of this land from Agrigento to Catania, from Palermo to Trapani and even in Vittoria.
A picture composed of wind, sun and rain, of the mountains, and of course of the people who work every day to vinify their wines with honesty, finesse, elegance and skill.
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What is the Sicilia DOC Consorzio di Tutela Vini?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The controlled designation of origin Sicilia DOC<\/a> was introduced in 2011.
In 2012, around 3,000 winegrowers, winemakers and bottlers founded the \u201cConsorzio di Tutela Vini DOC Sicilia\u201d, which is officially recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture. The consortium protects and promotes the Sicilia DOC brand, monitors compliance with production regulations, informs consumers and plans the marketing of the wines in order to strengthen the development of Sicilian winegrowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, the association was recognised by ministerial decree to carry out tasks related to protection, promotion, enhancement and consumer information, as well as to exercise \u201cerga omnes\u201d functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key data (as of 2024)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n