Valley of the Temples: the Wine Route is born – Italian Cuisine

Valley of the Temples: the Wine Route is born


In the lands of Nero d'Avola, in the shadow of the temples of Agrigento, the Wine and Flavors Route is born, to promote a new tourist offer that focuses on the oenological and olive-growing heritage of this corner of south-western Sicily

The association – officially presented during an official ceremony held in the heart of the Archaeological Park – brings together 14 cellars, 6 oil mills and different farms is accommodation facilities in the province of Agrigento and Caltanissetta.

At the head of the association Wine and flavors route of the Valley of the Temples There are Fabio Gulotta, as director, e Luigi Bonsignore as president: "In Italy, on average, 17 million tourists arrive, attracted by the food and wine sector, of which 90% are for wine, generating economic flows of around five billion euros. The South perceives less than 7% that from Lazio down is spread in eight other regions, all the rest remains confined between Tuscany, Piedmont and Trentino Alto Adige. The difference is not only in the numbers, but in the different marketing strategies, which is why the first real goal of this association will be to make incoming. These lands are very suitable for the production of Nero d'Avola and it is no coincidence that our wines represent the best expression of varietal. Our mission ", concludes the director," will not only be to bring this grape into fashion, but link it to the Valle dei Templi brand and to all the monumental and landscape beauties found along the 250 kilometers of road ".

And it is precisely in the name of the Valley of the Temples that lies the true strength of the newly formed Strada del Vino, considering both its attractive potential (from 550 thousand visitors in 2012 to 950 thousand registered in 2018) and the strong link with wine production since ancient times: in fact there are two structures that in the first century. B.C. were intended for processing grapes. Not to mention the Diodoros project launched by the CVA Canicattì Cooperative which the Park Authority entrusted with managing the 4 hectares of Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio and Nero d'Avola under the Tempio di Giunone vineyard: part of the proceeds from the sale of the wine produced (about 3 thousand bottles a year) are used for redevelopment of the Valley.

In 2020, on the occasion of the celebrations for the 2600 years from the foundation of the city of Akragas (Agrigento), the first traveling event along the Via Sacra, or a wine tour focused on the Nero d’Avola through the associated wineries that will take place in the first weekend of June. In view of this date, the Wine Route is already at work for the installation of clean energy arranged along the route and at the associates for charging cars, bikes and electric scooters.

The member companies of the Valle dei Templi Wine Route are: Milazzo, Baglio del Cristo of Campobello, Cva Canicattì, Vitivinicola Lombardo, Sicania Winery, Baglio Bonsignore, Tenute Cuffaro, Prince of Aragona, Bagliesi Vito, Morreale Farm, Azienda agricola Giuseppe Camilleri, Val Paradiso, Lombardo wines agricultural society, Farm Vella Gabriella, Luna Sicana, Farm Salamone, Grottarossa Wines, Agricultural Company Carla Sala, Agricultural Company Relais Terre di Zaccanello and Fattoria Vassallo.

For more information: www.stradadelvinovalledeitempli.it

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