Colpasso Nero d Avola

Wine from Sicily

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea with the highest active volcano in the world: Mount Etna! Due to the rich history of the island and the multiple peoples who have lived here, a rich and famous agricultural culture has emerged. With all kinds of indigenous grapes that grow here, delicious wines are produced.

Viticulture in Sicily

As early as the 14th century, Sicily had a flourishing wine-growing culture. Many vineyards were planted by wealthy Sicilians at that time. They sold their products to the Italian mainland and exported many sweet wines to Africa. Since the 1990s, viticulture in Sicily has been greatly modernized. As a result, the quality of Sicilian wines has increased enormously in recent years.

Most famous grape variety: Nero d'Avola. 'The black of Avola'; that's what the Italians call the Nero d'Avola Grape from Sicily. This indigenous Grape is responsible for very fruity wines that taste like plums, cranberries and pomegranate. This Grape was selected by local winemakers hundreds of years ago as the Grape of Avola, a small town in eastern Sicily. During the 20th century, the Nero d'Avola was mainly used in other wine blends to give those wines a deeper color and more aging potential. So you almost never found the name on the label of the wine. Many wines are now also made exclusively from Nero d'Avola and this grape variety no longer only grows near Avola but all over the island.