The best wines of Sicily in the Slow Wine Guide 2023
Sicily is one of the most important regions from the oenological point of view, Sicilian wines are precious and sought after! Slow Food, foundation that aims to spread food culture, released the new Slow Wine Guide 2023, dedicated to Italian wines and wineries! Among the over 20,000 wines tasted also the best wines of Sicily that received the awards "snail", "bottle", "coin" and Top Wine!
Slow Wine Sicily: the Snail
The award "the Snail" (the most prestigious), rewards wineries whose work well interprets the values and philosophy of Slow Food! There are 14 Sicilian wineries that have received "the Snail":
- Barraco
- Bonavita
- Calcagno
- Cantine Barbera
- Castellucci Miano
- Centopassi
- Frank Cornelissen
- COS
- Marco De Bartoli
- Ferrandes
- I Vigneri
- Arianna Occhipinti
- Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- Valdibella
Slow Wine Sicily: the Bottle
"The Bottle" rewards producers who express an excellent organoleptic quality for all the bottles presented for tasting. There are 10 Sicilian producers who have obtained "the Bottle":
- Benanti
- Gulfi
- I Custodi delle Vigne dell’Etna
- Manenti
- Passopisciaro
- Planeta
- Girolamo Russo
- Tasca d’Almerita
- Tenuta di Castellaro
- Aldo Viola
Slow Wine Sicily: the Coin
"The Coin" is assigned to the realities that express a good value for money in all the bottles produced. There are 6 Sicilian wineries that have obtained "the Coin":
- Bosco Falconeria
- CVA
- Di Legami
- Funaro
- Poggio di Bortolone
- Tenuta Gorghi Tondi
The 51 Top Wines of Sicily
The wines of Sicily awarded by Slow Food in 2023 are mostly red, with the whites of Etna and the smaller islands growing:
- Alcamo Catarratto 2020
- Catarratto 2021
- Catarratto 2021
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2021
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria 2020
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria Cl. Contessa Costanza 2020
- Contrada 2018
- Contrada S2020
- Eloro 2018
- Etna Bianco Ante 2020
- Etna Bianco Cuvée Vigne Niche Montalto 2020
- Etna Bianco Sup. Pietramarina 2017
- Etna Bianco Sup. Vigna di Milo 2020
- Etna Rosso 2020
- Etna Rosso A Rina 2020
- Etna Rosso Contrada Malpasso 2020
- Etna Rosso Contrada Pianodario 2019
- Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo 2020
- Etna Rosso Pettinociarelle 2020
- Etna Rosso Vulká 2019
- Gaio Gaio 2020
- Il Frappato 2020
- Lato Sud Rosso 2020
- Le Robbe 2021
- Malvasia delle Lipari Passito 2015
- Mareneve 2019
- Marsala Vergine Ris. 2003
- Menfi Grillo Coste al Vento 2021
- Munjebel VA 2019
- Occhio di Terra 2021
- Passito di Pantelleria 2018
- Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryè 2019
- Perricone Berlinghieri 2020
- Pre British Metodo Perpetuo Tradizionale Decima Vendemmia
- Rosso 2019
- Rosso di Contrada Parrino 2018
- Saignée 2021
- San Basilio 2020
- Sicilia Acini di Grillo 2021
- Sicilia Catarratto Masi 20210
- Sicilia Catarratto Terre Rosse di Giabbascio 2021
- Sicilia Chardonnay 2020
- Sicilia Grillo Aquila Biologico 2021
- Sicilia Grillo Kheiré 2020
- Sicilia Grillo Sup. Integer 2020
- Sicilia Nero d’Avola Alto Reale 2021
- Sicilia Nero d’Avola Kerasos 2020
- Sicilia Nero d’Avola Omnis 2019
- Sinfonia di Bianco 2021
- Valledolmo Contea di Sclafani Sicilia Shiarà 2020
- Ypsilon 2020
