The World of Sicilian Wine

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-520-26618-6
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 259 mm, Gewicht: 727 g

The World of Sicilian Wine provides wine lovers with a comprehensive understanding of Sicilian wine, from its ancient roots to its modern evolution. Offering a guide and map to exploring Sicily, Bill Nesto, an expert in Italian wine, and Frances Di Savino, a student of Italian culture, deliver a substantive appreciation of a vibrant wine region that is one of Europe’s most historic areas and a place where many cultures intersect.

From the earliest Greek and Phoenician settlers who colonized the island in the eighth century B.C., the culture of wine has flourished in Sicily. A parade of foreign rulers was similarly drawn to Sicily’s fertile land, sun-filled climate, and strategic position in the Mediterranean. The modern Sicilian quality wine industry was reborn in the 1980s and 1990s with the arrival of wines made with established international varieties and state-of-the-art enology. Sicily is only now rediscovering the quality of its indigenous grape varieties, such as Nero d’Avola, Nerello Mascalese, Frappato, Grillo, and distinctive terroirs such as the slopes of Mount Etna.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nesto, Bill

Di Savino, Frances

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. The Origins of Sicilian Wine and Culture

2. The Lost Opportunity: 1775 to 1950

3. The Modern Sicilian Wine Industry

4. Perpetual Wine

5. The Geography of Sicily

6. Vine Varieties

7. Viticulture in Sicily

8. Enology in Sicily

9. At the Heart of Sicily

10. Understanding Sicilian Wine by Place: The Three Valleys

11. Val di Mazara

12. Val di Noto

13. Val Demone

14. The Garden-Vineyard

Afterword

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bill Nesto is a Master of Wine and a founder of the Wine Studies Program at Boston University. An expert on the wines of the world, he has written for Gastronomica, Santé and Massachusetts Beverage Business. Frances Di Savino is an attorney who has a background in medieval and Renaissance studies and is Bill’s partner in life and on the wine road.