tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74658845451487324062024-03-14T08:25:45.488+01:00photo of Sicily,the ionio sea,Siracusa,Avola,Noto"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything."
L'Italia senza la Sicilia non lascia immagine nello spirito: soltanto qui è la chiave di tutto. (Goethe)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465884545148732406.post-43765801729684321642012-01-12T13:49:00.000+01:002012-01-12T13:49:20.495+01:00Avola Shoreline, Sunshine and ocean view...just in January That's Sicily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely ocean view of Avola Shoreline, 'Lido di Avola', in January</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465884545148732406.post-90015432703600981942011-03-08T10:48:00.000+01:002011-03-08T10:48:50.099+01:00sicily land of... Nero d'Avola<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>Nero d'Avola </b>(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, 'sans serif'; line-height: 17px;">Pronounced "Neh-roe Dah-voe-lah" and translated "The black (grape) of Avola</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> is Sicily's most popular red grape </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> is one of Italy's most important indigenous varieties.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> It is named after <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avola_(SR)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Avola (SR)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>Avola</b></span></a> in the far south of <b>Sicily</b> and its wines are compared to Syrah, with sweet tannins and plum or peppery flavours.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, 'sans serif'; line-height: 17px;">As recently as the 1980s</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, 'sans serif'; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3c3d3d; font-size: x-small;"> </span>plantings of Nero d'Avola declined in Sicily as many growers switched to international grape varieties thought more suitable for commerce.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">New viticulture techniques and night harvesting placing the grapes in cooled vats to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif;"> prevent conditions which can lead to premature fermentation</span> have been used by a few vintners to retain flavor without producing an overpowering wine.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sea view with a lovely glass of Nero d'Avola</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465884545148732406.post-63423711446931992692011-03-07T15:03:00.000+01:002011-03-07T15:03:14.626+01:00suggestive foto sicily sunrise ionio sea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from ''terrazza sul mare''</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lungomare di Avola al tramonto</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Affascinante vista del <b>lungomare di Avola</b> al tramonto in una sera di giugno,la foto è stata presa in un noto b&b <b>vicino siracusa</b> (<a href="http://www.laterrazzasulmare.com/">la terrazza sul mare</a>) situato sul lido di Avola<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">foto pesca subacquea mese di giugno</td></tr>
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