Palmento: a Sicilian wine odyssey

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"Inspired by a deep passion for wine, an Italian heritage, and a desire for a land somewhat wilder than his home in southern France, Robert V. Camuto set out to explore Sicily's emerging wine scene. What he discovered during more than a year of traveling the region, however, was far more than a fascinating wine frontier. Chronicling his journey through Palermo to Marsala, and across the rugged interior of Sicily to the heights of Mount Etna, Camuto captures the personalities and flavors and the traditions and natural riches that have made Italy's largest and oldest wine region the world traveler's newest discovery. In the island's vastly different wines he finds an expression of humanity and nature--and the space where the two merge into something more"--Jacket. Introduction Sicily's Moment Winter1 Benvenuti in Sicilia 2 Romancing the Amphorae 3 Stranieri Spring4 Planet Planeta 5 What Drives Marco 6 Palermo Holy Week Summer7 Where Have the Leopards Gone? 8 Return to Corleone 9 Due Donne 10 The Jet Set 11 Child of the Wind 12 A Bridge too Close 13 Palmento A New Year14 New Wine I Vini Featured Wine Addresses