I do not know what i have been fortunate to enjoy a single occasion and without interruption from 1999 to 2004 vintages of the wine produced Faro Sicilian wine by the Company Palari architect Messina Salvatore Geraci, here photographed in the foreground to the background neo-Gothic building that houses the University of Gastronomic Sciences in the province of Cuneo
What makes this exceptional if it can not unique tasting of wines from the Bank that under the initiatives of Pollenzo Cheese organized the vertical Faro Palari well as an attempt to match the ideal Sicilian wine with cheese 
The combination with a wine of great depth that could only be with the king of Italian cheeses: Parmesan. 
In particular they have been combined with two types of cheese dairy cows of different breeds of cattle: a white Modena, Modena red race each other. To describe Henry Surra prosecutor Slow Food for the cheese sector. The audience appreciated them, especially the second, more fat and full of hints. But the star of the meeting was and it was the wine Faro, an ancient and almost extinct Doc, whose recovery was inspired by the legendary Salvatore Geraci Veronelli, whose eponymous wine guide to the eclectic architect collaborated Messina. Grown on the slopes of the hills who insist on Messina. The vines "foot works" are planted a sapling and not so young: about 50/60 each year of life (according to Geraci advanced age of the vines are the secret of their goodness.) The collection, then, about 600 meters and 1500 by the Ionian Sea is carried by hand along the terraced approximately 7 acres that produce 30 thousand bottles, of which 15 thousand of our Faro. The grapes are 70% nerello mascalese (elegance), while the remainder is reserved for varieties whose task would be to give strength and character as the nerello hood, Nocera, the core 'and Palumbo and others .. Malolactic fermentation is in new oak barrels from 12 to 18 months, then a pretty rough and then a year in bottle. It follows that we drink the grape harvest this year of 2005 - Announces Geraci - will be distributed by next Christmas 
But what are the best years of the lighthouse, at least in the public Pollenzo? In 2004, that the market still shows hints of youthfulness that still leaves a supposed change significantly. In 2003, despite the year has registered a record warm temperatures, in contrast to the suffering expressed by the other great Italian wines, the palate a stifling heat at all, even if does not reach the heights of elegant vintage 2002. 
But 2001 is perhaps the one that best expresses a complexity of flavors that are, however, their peak in 2000 Faro. But here's the 1999, a wine that has already 8 years (for a Sicilian wine is like having a century), to say the least impressive although it shows some torbitezza that provides the cue to Geraci to vindicate the choice not to filter wine with the filter cartridge so as not to "emasculate" the wine of those who have shown hints of Olympus Bacchus. The vertical
But what are the best years of the lighthouse, at least in the public Pollenzo? In 2004, that the market still shows hints of youthfulness that still leaves a supposed change significantly. In 2003, despite the year has registered a record warm temperatures, in contrast to the suffering expressed by the other great Italian wines, the palate a stifling heat at all, even if does not reach the heights of elegant vintage 2002. 
But 2001 is perhaps the one that best expresses a complexity of flavors that are, however, their peak in 2000 Faro. But here's the 1999, a wine that has already 8 years (for a Sicilian wine is like having a century), to say the least impressive although it shows some torbitezza that provides the cue to Geraci to vindicate the choice not to filter wine with the filter cartridge so as not to "emasculate" the wine of those who have shown hints of Olympus Bacchus. The vertical Geraci wine at the Wine Bank in Pollenzo has also provided an opportunity to learn about the purpose of this commendable initiative. The objective fact is to build a memory of Italian wine. Each winery Italian (of course the most important) concludes with a three-year contract that the bank requires it to submit to the great institution cellar 180 bottles of his best wine for each year. Wine can be purchased by anyone, including via the internet. 
At the annual Trade Fair in Messina, an event that is part of the city's tradition for decades, the terrace of the former Irrera at Sea (Lucky Messina meeting of the Dolce Vita 60s ) from which the eye can see the Strait of Messina from Sickle, the Virgin Mary to Punta Faro, gets up every night, for a total of ten nights, the curtain of Teatro del Gusto, un evento SlowFood, già proposto nelle ultime edizioni del Salone del Gusto di Torino e di SlowFish a Genova 
Attori delle dieci serate del Teatro del Gusto il cui tema è, neanche a dirlo, il pesce, non solo alcuni tra i migliori chef siciliani, le cui interpretazioni delle tradizioni isolane hanno commosso e deliziato, ma anche docenti ed esperti in materia che snocciolano preziose informazioni. 
