Sicilian Wines Strike Again

The first time we visited Sicily, we were very pleasantly surprised by the delicious food and the excellent wines that we enjoyed.

I remember our first dinner in Palermo, when we tasted a fabulous wine at the recommendation of the sommelier Mille e una Notte (”a thousand and one nights”). We were intrigued by the name of the winery, Donna fugata, which we immediately associated with the name of the summer home of the Principe di Salina, played by Burt Lancaster in the film “Il Gattopardo” (”The Leopard”). The movie was based on the famous novel by Sicilian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

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