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  • Grapes are dried on well-ventilated mats in order to concentrate the sugars through evaporation. They are then pressed to make a sweet dessert wine. Here, these Zibibbo grapes in Sicily will be used for the wine Passito di Pantelleria.
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  • The wild landscape of Pantelleria, an Italian island off the coasts of Sicily and Tunisia.
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  • A winemaker selects individual berries effected by noble rot (botrytis cinerea) from a Grillo grape cluster at the winery Gorghi Tondi near Marsala, Sicily. The noble-rot effected grapes are then used to make a dessert wine called Grillodoro.
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  • Destemming of wine grapes, a key part of the winemaking process for dessert wine in Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Cannoli dessert and sweet dessert wine at the table, Sicilian cuisine. Sicily, Italy.
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  • Fresh grapes are laid on mats to begin the drying process known in Italy as appassimento, which results in concentrated sugars ideal for dessert wine winemaking.
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  • Vertical photo of ripening Nero d'Avola wine grapes on the vine in a vineyard, Sicily, Italy.
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  • The terraced vineyards on the island of Pantelleria where Zibibbo is grown for a white wine and for a well-known dessert wine called Passito di Pantelleria.
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  • Once dried to optimal dryness, Zibibbo grapes must be destemmed by hand to be pressed, their concentrated sugars and juices eventually yielding the wine Passito di Pantelleria.
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  • Hands removing dried grapes from the stems on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria, Italy. These grapes are used for the creation of Passito di Pantelleria, a local dessert wine made by Donnafugata.
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  • Grapes shrivel in the sun to make raisins. These will be pressed of their remaining juices and made into a sweet wine.
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  • Zibibbo grapes drying on racks to be pressed for Passito di Pantelleria wine on the island of Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Drying racks for Zibibbo grapes, to be pressed and made into the sweet dessert wine, Passito di Pantelleria.
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  • Terraced vineyard for making Passito di Pantelleria, the signature wine of the island of Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Hands removing raisins from the stems on the island of Pantelleria. These grapes are used for the creation of a local dessert wine.
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  • A man holds a cluster of Zibibbo grapes that are being dried for production of Passito di Pantelleria wine at Donnafugata, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Zibibbo grapes shrivel in the sun after completing the appassimento process for dessert wine on Pantelleria Island, Sicily.
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  • Zibibbo grapes rest of mats for the drying process known in Italy as appassimento, which concentrates sugars. They will be pressed and made into a dessert wine called Passito di Pantelleria.
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  • Vertical photo of workers at Donnafugata on the island of Pantelleria as they destem Zibibbo grapes for the creation of Passito di Pantelleria, an acclaimed sweet wine.
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  • A bed and breakfast sits atop a vineyard covered hill with a rose in the foreground in the Italian wine country of Barolo, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A hotel room with a view looking out onto vineyards on an Italian wine estate, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A backlit tree and vineyards, at Baglio di Pianetto winery in the highlands above Palermo, Sicily.
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  • Rows of nebbiolo grape vines caress the hills below the town of La Morra, a world-famous wine destination where Barolo wines are made, Piedmont, Italy.
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  • Nebbiolo grapes — the grape variety used to make Barolo and Barbaresco wine — hang from a vine during harvest season near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A cluster of nebbiolo grapes — the grape variety used to make Barolo and Barbaresco wine — hang from a vine during harvest season near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A romantic couple kisses in an Italian vineyard, in the famous wine region of Barolo, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy. Model release available.
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  • Ravioli al plin with sage-butter sauce and grated parmesan cheese (parmigiano-reggiano) at an Italian restaurant in La Morra, Italy.
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  • Italian cuisine at its finest: Beef tongue (lingua) served over Fra Diavolo sauce at a restaurant in La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A vineyard filled with nebbiolo grapes and an ancient Italian hill town — La Morra — in the distance. Piedmont, Italy.
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  • Parmesan cheese (parmigiano-reggiano) is grated over tajarin al ragu (pasta with meat sauce) at an Italian restaurant in La Morra, Italy.
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  • Nebbiolo grapes hang from a vine-wrapped post in Barolo wine country, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • A group of nebbiolo grapes — the grape variety used to make Barolo and Barbaresco wine — hang from a vine during harvest season, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • Red foliage of nebbiolo grape vines are seen in the vineyards below the town of La Morra, a popular destination in the Barolo wine country of Piedmont, Italy.
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  • Nebbiolo grapes grow on a vine in Barolo wine country, near La Morra, Italy
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  • The rolling hills of the Barolo wine country with the colorful Brunate Chapel, painted by Sol Lewitt and David Tremlett, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy
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  • A woman walks alone through a vineyard in the famous Barolo wine country of Piedmont, Italy, near the town of La Morra.
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  • The rolling hills of the Barolo wine country with the colorful Brunate Chapel, painted by Sol Lewitt and David Tremlett, near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • Nebbiolo grapes — the grape variety used to make Barolo and Barbaresco wine — hang from the vine during harvest season near La Morra (Piedmont), Italy.
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  • Horizontal photo of the Pantelleria landscape near Montagna Grande.
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  • The stone terraces of Pantelleria are used for viticulture and the farming of capers.
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  • Nero d'Avola grapes in the shade of a grapevine, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Tilt-shift photograph depicting the terraced vineyards of the upper reaches of Pantelleria, an island belonging to Sicily in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea.
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  • Winemaker Antonio Rallo of Donnafugata underneath the terraced vineyards of Pantelleria, Sicily.
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  • The heroic viticulture displayed on the island of Pantelleria is centered on terraced vineyards of Zibibbo as well as caper bushes.
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  • The heroic vineyards of Pantelleria are comprised of dry-stone wall terraces that cover much of the hillsides.
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  • A vertical photo of the Pantelleria countryside near Montagna Grande with terraced dry-stone walls seen.
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  • Grapes a laid out for drying and raisin production, which — in this case — will be for winemaking purposes. Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Grapes are laid out in a stenditoio, an open-air warehouse on Pantelleria, Sicily where they can dry and concentrate sugars, similar to a raisin, before being pressed and made into the island's signature sweet wine, Passito di Pantelleria
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  • Appassimento process for Zibibbo grapes on Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Zibibbo grapes begin the drying process on well-ventilated mats. These grapes have been drying for 2 days. Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Horizontal image of drying Zibibbo grapes. These grapes have been drying for nearly a week in a well-ventilated tunnel-like building called a stenditoio on the island of Pantelleria.
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  • A man with blue glasses works on destemming raisins from a grape bunch, Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Raisins in a red basket, Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Vines grow along a rock wall with a vineyard in the background, Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • New growth of grapevines resting on a stone wall on Pantelleria Island, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Vine shoots and volcanic rock wall, Pantellera Island (Sicily), Italy
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  • Green volcanic rocks — an indicator of Pantelleria's terroir — held in the hand of a winemaker.
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  • Portrait of a man destemming grapes by hand on Pantelleria Island, Italy.
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  • Nero d'Avola grapes in the shade of a grapevine, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Terraced vineyards and a winery on the island of Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • The Donnafugata Winery with terraced vineyards in the foreground and distance on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
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  • Vineyards used for Passito di Pantelleria as well as caper bushes on the island of Pantelleria, which is part of Sicily, Italy.
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