One of my favorite Sicilian reds… The wine: Planeta 2006 Cerasuolo di Vittoria, IGT Sicilia
The reason: This week’s wine is deliciously easy to like and thoroughly unlike any other wine I have tasted.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a distinctive wine made in south eastern Sicily, not far from those wonderful baroque towns Ragusa and Noto from the local Nero d’Avola, arguably Sicily’s best-known red wine grape, and the lower-acid Frappato.
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Sicilian culture is intense, vibrant and colorful.
During my travels throughout Sicily this week, I realize that Sicilians are healthy because much of their culture revolves around healthful ingredients as well as the dinner table. Meals and snacks are combined with daily exercise such as walking or biking.
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