“Sicily isn’t just an island, it’s a continent.” – Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo In Sicily, I saw fields where windswept vines are shaped like bushes, often held down by stones. I saw vines that resembled the elegant branches of a harp; others that threaded along a wire in orderly rows like soldiers. I could also…
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] This being my first post about food and wine matching, I must own up to something straight away: I used to be scared of wine. Not scared it was going to hurt me (although of course that has happened), but intimidated by the way some people…
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] Sicily has a long history of producing wine, but it is only relatively recently that its products have made a big impression on the global scene. Traditionally the grapes grown on vines on the island were used in Northern Italy and France or to make simple local wines. Nowadays, there…
