Agrigento and its Wines in a Book by Roberto Spera
Staff Writer - February 18, 2009

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The book I Vinci dell'Agrigentino. Vigneti e luoghi incantati della Valle dei Templi (The Wines of Agrigento. Vineyards and Enchanted Places in the Valley of the Temples), by Roberto Spera and published by Vini in Viaggio (Traveling Wines), with the contribution of the Consiglio Interprofessionale dei Vini DOC e IGT della provincia di Agrigento (Inter-professional Council for the DOC and IGT wines of the Agrigento province), was presented to the public in Agrigento.

The Valley of the Temples seen from an unusual perspective, that of wine production. the book describes one of the most evocative sites in the world as seen traveling from winery to winery, through the vineyards, the rows of vines, and nature.

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Roberto Spera contributes to the wine and food section of numerous publications, including Più Cucina (More Cuisine) and La Repubblica (The Republic). He is part of the editorial team of the web magazine Athenœum, Ateneo dei sapori (Athenœum, University of Flavors). He is also editor-in-chief of the web magazine Cucina e Cantina (Cuisine and Cellar), and is the president of an association whose goal is the cultural advancement of quality wine and food.

He published Il Sagrantino di Montefalco, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo e I Vini dei Castelli Romani as well for the Vini in Viaggio series.
"A land of rare beauty, where colors appear as absolute expressions, almost as if the sun exalt all their chromatic potential," writes Spera in the introduction. "And the perfumes... one becomes inebriated by the perfumes of this area, which caress our sense of smell, carried by the wind which blows from the sea, or slides down hills and mountains. I dreamt of the image of ancient furrows from which the fruits planted by these proud, patient people sprang forth. I dreamt of when the wine produced by the sparse vine rows quenched the peasant families' thirst. An ancient message remained uninterpreted for so long, which now came to light thanks to the intuition, passion, and hard work of the population living in this part of Sicily. Today, their wines are able to tell this story."

The book, presented by Fabrizio Carrera, gourmet-journalist and director of the weekly online wine and food magazine cronachedigusto.it, recounts the province through its four geographic landmarks: sea, mountains, plains, hills. But there's more. In fact, the section entitled Itinerando con Gusto (Touring with Taste) describes the typical gastronomic products of the area and includes the traveling notes of the author, with useful advice about local restaurants.

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