Tag: festa di san martino
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Saint Martin’s Day: The Test Taste
After an arduous year of meticulously caring for the vines, pruning them, constantly minding the ground at the bases of the plants, and praying for fare weather conditions, in September, wine makers harvested their grapes for the next step of the wine making process. Today’s production is done in laboratory-like cantinas of stainless steel… An…
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Saint Martin’s Sweets in Palermo
In Palermo in observance of the Feast of Saint Martin, who is the patron saint of vintners, soldiers, the poor, wool-weavers, geese, and France, not only do they eat hard biscuits that are meant to be dipped in Marsala or moscato wine, but they also enjoy these beautiful decorated pastry. They won’t be around long…
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Saint Martin in Noto
Each province of Sicily celebrates San Martino a bit differently. In Noto, they eat both sweet and savory crispelle, such as the ones pictured, photographed by Niki Masino of GelsominoImports.com, along with cooked wine.
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These Barrels Have a Nose
November 11 is La Festa di San Martino, or Saint Martin’s Day. It marks the first tasting of the new wine, also known as “novello.” September marked the grape harvest, when the grapes are picked, cleaned, and macerated (Yes, it’s true, wine makers used to stomp on them with their feet…) to make juice that…
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Time to Taste the Wine
The end of September marked the grape harvest and the start of the wine-making season. Once made, the grape juice is left to age for all different lengths of time, depending on the varietal. However, November 11, or Saint Martin’s Day, marks the first tasting of the new wine, also known as “novello.” In towns…