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Southern Italian Wines and Geology. Terroir concept. Modern Italian Culture. Vitis vinifera. Domestic grape vine Vitis silvestris (native) Central Asia Southern Caucus Tigris Euphrates Originally from the eastern Mediterranean Climbing vine 4 m root networks Need frequent pruning .
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Vitisvinifera • Domestic grape vine • Vitissilvestris (native) • Central Asia • Southern Caucus • Tigris Euphrates • Originally from the eastern Mediterranean • Climbing vine • 4 m root networks • Need frequent pruning
Spread to Italy (fast) • Greeks (Eastern Sicily) • Magna Grecia • Phoenicians (Western Sicily)
Horace • Leading Roman poet • Augustus • Coined • Carpe diem • Nuncestbibendum, nuncpedeliberopulsandstellus… “Now we must drink to stomp the ground with free feet”
Wine making • Hand picking
European Wine Classification • DOGC = controlled and guaranteed • DOC = just controlled • IGT = Typical of a region • VT = vinodatavola
A glance a Sicilian wines • Warning! • 14 to 20% alcohol per volume • Approx. 75% • Indigenous grapes • White
CorvodiSalaparuta • IGT
Marsala • 19th Century English merchant • John Woodhouse • Desert wine
Grappa • Warning! • 35 to 60% alcohol by volume • Strong taste think Everclear • Fermented from pomace (grape skins, pulp, stems, seeds)