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Italian Native Vines – Sicily Part One
Rosa D'Ancona - July 1, 2005

Starting this month, Rosa D'Ancona takes us to her native Sicily, and later across all the Italian wine regions, to discover the roughly 350 native and ancient vines that are still used to make unique, fantastic wines.

Talking about Sicily for instance, in the past, the majority of wines made with local native vines were used to produce either simple local wines, or sold in bulk, to be used in northern Italian and French brand name blends.
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Sicily en Primeur
Rosa D'Ancona - March 22, 2005

"A harvest in between very good and excellent, with five stars assigned to white wines and four stars to  the red". These are the ratings achieved by Sicily's 2004 harvest during the 'Sicilia en Primeur', organized in Palermo on March 12 by Assovini Sicilia (Sicilian Winemaker Association), that includes all the major island's wine producers. Over 100 journalists from 26 countries participated in the event.
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Enoteca Siena: Campaign to Educate Youth About Wine Starts in Sicily
Staff Writer - January 7, 2005

The new, 2005 phase of "Vino e Giovani" ("Wine and Young People"), the national campaign of education about correct and moderate drinking promoted by Ente Vini - Enoteca Italiana from Siena, and the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Forestali (Italian Agriculture Ministry), takes off in Sicily.
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January 2005: Meet Sicilian Quality Wine and Food Producers in San Francisco
Staff Writer - December 29, 2004

The administration of the Italian region of Sicily is organizing a workshop in San Francisco, California featuring 12 Sicilian companies that produce some of the best Italian regional food products and wines. The purpose of the event is to present Sicilian quality products with the goal of introducing them into the U S market.
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Sicilian Reds 2004
Rosa D'Ancona - December 14, 2004

The stated goals for the third annual 'Rossi di Sicilia', or 'Sicilian Reds' were: "comparing the experiences of 70 wine estates located in Ragusa province in Sicily, analyzing the bottom line for the red wine production in an area traditionally dedicated to white wines, and highlighting the ups and down of the Sicilian vitivinicolture and its future perspective". The event took place inside the evocative 19th century Castle of the Principi di Biscari di Acate, from December 2nd to December 5th, 2004.
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Siracusa, Sicily, Coldiretti Estimates Huge Damages
Staff Writer - September 19, 2003

The cloudburst that hit the Siracusa province hard Wednesday, September 17, caused enormous damage to the agricultural production in the area.
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