Messina Natural Wine and Olive Oil Tasting with Brunch at an Ancient Palmento

Your Experience

Explore an ancient palmento near the Alcantara Gorges with guided natural wine tasting, brunch, and immersive storytelling.

Getting started

Arrive at the ancient palmento near the Alcantara Gorges and check in with the team on site. You are introduced to your enchanting wine expert, who outlines the flow of the tasting and sensory activities. Once everyone is settled inside the palmento, the guided experience begins with a short orientation to the space and its atmosphere.

What to expect

Ancient palmento near the Alcantara Gorges

This experience unfolds entirely inside an ancient palmento near the Alcantara Gorges, a historic space dedicated to traditional wine production in the Mount Etna area.

Features

• Guidance from an enchanting wine expert shapes the entire visit, with clear explanations of each step in the tasting and the sensory exercises you will try.

• Tasting of 5 natural wines from Mount Etna and Sicily forms the core of the session, allowing you to compare different local expressions that come from this volcanic island landscape.

• Brunch with 3 local olive oils, Sicilian cheeses, bread and cured meats is served alongside the tasting, pairing each sip with regional flavors and a selection of traditional products.

• A dedicated blindfolded experience invites you to focus on aroma and taste without visual cues, deepening your perception of the natural wines and the accompanying bites.

• Engaging multimedia storytelling is used by your wine expert to illustrate the world of Mount Etna and Sicilian wine, adding images and sound to complement what you are smelling and tasting inside the palmento.