Liza Zimmerman’s travel diary

Much of the history of winemaking as we know it started in Sicily. The island’s ancient, gravity-flow wineries naturally and simplicistically emulated ideal winemaking conditions that can cost a fortune in modern wineries these days. To visit a Palmento is like stepping back in history and […]

Sicily is well known for great salt and olive oil and Ravida is a delicious example of both. The green oil smells like the pure Sicilian olives from which it is harvested and the family produces it exclusively from a handful of local olives. The estate […]

Il Vigneto is a quaint, small hotel close to the coast, located in a slow-paced fisherman’s village. The rooms are welcoming and romantic with vineyard views and there’s ample, outdoor breezy dinning. The rooms are warm and romantic with great views of the local hills. The […]

Da Vittorio is a legendary restaurant and seaside hotel on a particularly beautiful slice of the Sicilian Coast. The sand and sea spread before its windows in a limitless landscape. If you think you have dined by the sea, this experience may make you rethink all […]

Some artists are brilliant and crazy. Filippo Bentivegna, who created this outdoor pleasure park, was clearly both. He had immigrated to the States and later came back to Sicily, to his hometown of Sciacca. He spent countless hours in the hot sun carving dozens of faces from […]

No one knows how to cook than a certain generation of ladies who have had experience at the stove, in the garden and at the market for decades. The Brigata di Cucina Mandrarossa is formed of a group of truly passionate, rural Sicilian home cooks who […]

Planeta is a winery with a rich Sicilian history. The winery has logged 500+ years and has been successfully passed through the hands of 17 generations of the Planeta family, who are a noble Sicilian family. A visit here transports you back in time to the […]