Pantelleria

A volcanic island belonging to Sicily (ancient Cossyra) with a land area of 83 km², located around 100 kilometres southwest of Sicily and 6 kilometres east of Cape Bon in Tunisia. It is famous for its capers, which grow particularly well here. The Phoenicians are said to have brought the Zibibbo (here synonymous with Muscat d'Alexandrie) to the island and dedicated the pressed wine to their favourite goddess Tanit. This dominant variety is still almost exclusively cultivated here today. Typical wines are high-alcohol, sweet passito wines made from sun-dried grapes. The first wines of this type were produced from 1880 and won a medal at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.

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