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This Mt Etna wineries tour from Taormina is your opportunity to go and taste the famous Etna DCO wines. We have selected for you 2 of the best wineries in the Etna territory, with a long tradition of winemaking. Some of them are well-known throughout Italy and Europe, with their wines featured in Michelin-starred restaurants.
You will learn about different production techniques, all of which require very hard work and dedication to obtain only the highest-quality product. Discover how challenging it can be to grow vines on the lava rock, but at the same time, how rewarding it truly is.
Of course, you are going to experience with your mouth the incredible taste of the Etna wines, and you will understand why it is worth working so hard to obtain such a product.
Visiting the wine cellars and the estates will delight your sight with outstanding views of boundless vineyards with the huge Mount Etna volcano.
The Mt Etna wineries 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 stop at the first winery, Emilio Sciacca Etna wine, located in the town of Linguaglossa, at 550 mt a.s.l. Here you will have a first visit to the vineyard, where a professional agronomist will share knowledge about the typical Etna varieties, making the famous Etna DCO wine. After learning about the challenges of growing vines on the lava, you will move to the tasting room, where you will taste a selection of 3 wines produced at the winery.
After a short drive from Linguaglossa, we will reach another historic 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 huge 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, you can buy bottles of wine at the local wine shop or ship them back home, if interested.
At the end of the tour you will be dropped off in Taormina.
The highlight of the tour is for sure visiting the wineries based on the slopes of Mt Etna. During the guided visit inside the wineries 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.
Food:
Food is another very important part of our culture: besides wines, you are going to eat a lot of tasty food, all locally produced that will enhance your experience.
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The Mt Etna wineries tour from Taormina starts at your accommodation or nearby Taormina.
