Taormina : Etna Wines and Lunch in an Authentic Sicilian House

About this tour

Spend two and a half hours in a working Sicilian home outside Taormina, where Angela's family opens their kitchen and cellar to guests. Taste four Etna wines—including bottles favoured by King Vittorio Emanuele II—alongside dishes built from vegetables they grow themselves, breads made with heritage grains, and cured meats sourced locally. This is lunch in someone's dining room, not a restaurant service, with stories and recipes shared across the table.

Highlights

• Four Etna wines including family vineyard bottles with royal provenance
• Lunch prepared in a private home kitchen using garden-grown organic ingredients
• Heritage grain breads and artisan limoncello made on-site
• Two DOP extra virgin olive oils tasted, one from the family field
• Sicilian antipasti, seasonal pasta or protein, cheeses and house preserves
• Stories and family anecdotes shared by Angela and household

What to expect

You'll arrive at a residential property set back from Taormina's crowds. Angela greets you at the door—this is her home. The table is laid with what her kitchen has prepared: cured meats, cheeses, honey, jams, and bread made that morning. Wine glasses are filled first with their own Etna reds. You'll work through a sequence of tastes: oils, then four wines paired with a hot course of pasta or meat depending on season. Conversation flows between courses. The limoncello arrives at the end, homemade and sharp. Nothing feels staged.

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