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• Largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy
• Sicily has more vineyards than any of the other Italian regions (Many grapes are made into raisins)
• Proportion of DOC wine in Sicily’s total is a mere 2.5 per cent and a major share of that is Marsala
• Sicilians consume less wine per capita than any other Italian
• Sicily is renowned for the many outstanding dessert wines (dessert wines account for about 90% of the total DOC production)
• November 11, the day dedicated by the Catholic church to Saint Martin and the “Festival of the Wine”. It is believed that on this date the new wine is ready for consumption, hence the saying: Il giorno di San Martino il mosto diventa vino or “On Saint Martin’s Day the grape juice becomes wine”