Etna, the wine routes. The first guide to wine tourism in Sicily

The very first guide to red wine tourist on the volcano, entitled “Etna, the red wine paths”, will exist on Friday 19 July at 6:00 pm at the Castello di Lauria. The book, composed by Michele La Rosa and released by the EtaBeta publishing home, is currently on sale on numerous online store platforms. The discussion will be gone to by Dr. Vito Bentivegna, president of the Regional Red Wine Store for Eastern Sicily, and the Hon. Giuseppe Castiglione, now a nationwide parliamentarian and who in 2002, when he was local councilor for farming, promoted the law that developed the White wine Paths and the Regional Red Wine Store in Sicily, among the very first laws that controlled red wine tourist on the island. The reporter Maria Bella will remain in discussion with the author and will serve as mediator.

The publication takes the reader on a trip of over 400 stops in between cellars, red wine stores, towns, districts, castles, occasions. An expressive journey, in between the other day and today, in between travel plans and wine-growing landscapes from the County of Mascali to the Duchy of Nelson approximately the “vineyards of Catania”.

The abundant paper publication bears the signature of Michele La Rosa, an independent reporter, who for many years has actually been following in specific the advancement of the red wine sector in the Etna location, where today there are fascinating traveler streams in the red wine tourist sector, thanks to the existence of numerous wineries that have actually likewise equipped themselves with lodging centers, arrange occasions, established museums or exhibit halls, likewise recuperating and making available ancient palmenti and barrel cellars.

In between historic notes and existing information, the author in his book informs the story of the Etna wine-growing area, through paths marked by the existing roadway network, such as the SS 120 dell’ Etna e delle Madonie, the provincial roadways that link Linguaglossa to Milo, Zafferana and after that likewise reach Trecastagni, Pedara, Nicolosi, all those roadways that link the locations of biggest production of Etna DOC red wines. A trip that can likewise be finished with the Circumetnea train through the White wine Train that is occasionally arranged thanks to the Strada del Vino e dei Sapori dell’ Etna, a company that combines manufacturers, hoteliers, and so on

A trip amongst the cellars, the vineyards, to find likewise the many occasions that are now held amongst the vineyards and cellars, amongst the numerous towns, such as theater and music celebrations, painting exhibits, or the tasting occasions to find the red wines of Etna, such as Calici di Stelle, EnoEtna, ViniMilo, Contrade dell’ Etna, Piccolo è Bello, Teatro in vigna Sciaranuova, and so on

Over 230 wineries are noted, in addition to a long list of red wine stores and locations such as inns, pubs, trattorias, red wine and vine museums, where Etna red wines stay the outright lead characters.