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WELCOME TO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WINE VALLEY IN THE WORLD!
Sicily Wine Valley’s main goal is to promote the Sicilian wine region and its community by encouraging regional wine tourism, providing education, reviews and news from our wonderful area.
Our site is a one-stop, interactive tour guide full of information about the wines and wine regions.
The Sicilian wine region in numbers:
- The biggest surface used for vine growing in Italy (wine grapes): 118,926 hectares, equal to 17.5% of the national total
- The Italian province with the biggest vine surface: Trapani, with 9% of the national vineyard
- The region with the most hectares used for organic wine-growing
- Main varietals produced: Catarratto 33.21%, Nero d’Avola 15.82%, Trebbiano Toscano 7.16%,
- Annual grape production (average): 9 million quintals; of wine, 6.8 million hectolitres.
- Number of wine producers in the territory: around 500
- Number of DOC appellations: 23 (Marsala; Moscato e Passito di Pantelleria; Alcamo; Moscato di Siracusa; Malvasia delle Lipari; Moscato di Noto; Faro; Contessa Entellina; Eloro; Menfi; Sambuca di Sicilia; Contea di Sclafani; Santa Margherita Belice; Delia Nivolelli; Sciacca; Monreale; Riesi; Mamertino di Milazzo; Erice; Vittoria; Cerasuolo di Vittoria; Etna; Sciacca, Salaparuta).
- Number of wine routes: 12
- City of wine: Marsala
You are welcome to visit the true Wine Valley. Go around and enjoy your trip through the most beautiful wine valley of the world…
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