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The olive oil tour and Etna wine tasting from Taormina is a great experience for those who are interested in exploring the hinterland of Sicily with a focus on the farming production of the area.
Departing from your hotel in Taormina, we will leave the sea behind and start a scenic drive up the hills to reach Mt Etna area. Accompanied by a professional tour guide, you will learn more about the fertility of the lava soil, thanks to which a great variety of fruits and vegetables are produced. However, the most important products are wine and olive oil.
Driving through the lava fields, you will see many olive groves and vineyards, until we reach the first farm, where we will experience the olive oil tasting. Here you will meet the agronomist who will share insight about the different varieties of olives that you can find in this estate. After an explorative olive oil tour across the gardens, you will finally get to taste 3 different olive oils. The agronomist will also give you specific instructions on how to properly taste the oil, accompanied by local bread.
After the olive oil tour, it’s now time to move to a local winery, where we will start our visit, led by the owner. After a first introduction to the history of the winery and the typical Etna cultivars of the area, we will continue with a visit to the fermentation areas and especially to the wine cellar, hosting huge wooden barrels. Finally, you will be accompanied to the restaurant, where you will taste 5 different wines paired with a selection of the best local food: a starter, a bruschetta, a main course, and dessert.
The tour will finish at the starting point in Taormina.
Etna wine & olive oil tour from Taormina starts from your accommodation located in Taormina or nearby areas. If your accommodation is in the pedestrian area of Taormina, we will set the most convenient meeting point.
After a drive of around 1 hour, we will reach the olive oil farm where we will meet the owner and the agronomist. We will start with a walk through the olive groves, where you will appreciate the differences between the olive varieties. Then we will go back to the tasting room, where you will taste 3 different types of olive oils paired with local bread.
After a short drive from the olive farm, you will reach a winery, one of the biggest in the area. Here we will first embark on an interesting guided visit of the estate, led by a local worker who will be able to answer all your questions about the wine production. We will visit the fermentation area, learning about the peculiarity of this terroir and the effects of the lava soil on the final product. We can't miss the wine cellar, where the finest reserve wines age inside artistic wooden barrels.
After the winery visit, we will finally reach the tasting room, where you will be welcomed by the first of 5 glasses of wine: a sparkling! After being accommodated at your reserved table, your tasting adventure will start, accompanied by a sommelier who will underline the characteristics of each wine you will taste: a white, a rosé, a red, and the passito (dessert wine). The wines will come paired with a selection of the best Sicilian appetizers and food. Before leaving it is possible to buy bottles of wine at the local wine shop, if interested.
At the end of the tour you will be dropped off in Taormina
Olive oil tour:
Sicily is the third olive producer in Italy, and there are many different varieties of olives all across the region. With this experience you will be able to learn more about the famous Nocellara dell’Etna, the local variety of Mt Etna, and also about the harvest and the working process to obtain the oil from the olive.
Etna winery tour:
Of course, the other highlight of the tour is for sure visiting the winery based on the slopes of Mt Etna. During the guided visit inside the winery you will learn a lot about the wine production and you will be enchanted by the landscape surrounding you. At lunch, you will get to taste 5 different wines paired with the most delicious Sicilian food, and an expert sommelier will guide you through this sensory experience.
Etna DCO wines:
One of the main interests in the Etna wine tour from Taormina is to understand the strict regulations that the winemakers have to follow in order to have their products recognized by the Consortium of the Etna DCO wines. The lava becomes fertile after hundreds of years thanks to the erosion provided by the elements. Producers around Mt Etna have learnt how to grow the vines on the slopes, building terraces that make quite challenging to take care of the vineyards and harvesting.
Olive Oil Etna DPO:
To produce the Olive oil Etna DPO and to obtain the label producers have to follow strict regulations, requiring a minimum of 65% of Nocellara dell’Etna variety that can be mixed with the 35% of other Sicilian varieties.
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The olive oil tour & Etna wine tasting from Taormina starts at your accommodation or nearby Taormina.
