Vineyards cover 164,500 hectares (First) of which registered DOC plots total 21,000 hectares (Fifth).
Annual wine production of 11,000,000 hectolitres (Second to Apulia) includes 1.5 per cent or 277,000 hectolitre DOC (Eleventh), of which more than 95 per cent is white.
DOC AREAS Alcamo Or Bianco D'alcamo W-Dr Cerasuolo Di Vittoria R-Dr Etna R-P-W-Dr Faro R-Dr, Ag-1 Malvasia Delle Lipari W-Sw, also Ft Marsala W-also R/Dr/Sw-Ft (Fine Ag-1; Rs Ag-4; Vergine or Soleras Ag-5, Rs or Stravecchio Ag-10 Moscato Dinoto W-Sw, also Sp, Ft Moscato Di Pantelleria Naturale W-Sw, also Sp, Ft; Passito W-Sw, also Ft; Passito Extra W-Sw, also Ft, Ag-1 Moscato Di Siracusa W-Sw-Ft
OTHER WINES OF NOTE R-Dr Cellaro Cerde`se Duca Enrico Libecchio Menfi Rosso Nerello Siciliano Rapitala` Rosso Regaleali Rosso del Conte Rubillo Terre d'Agala W-Dr Bianca di Valguarnera Cellaro Bianco Cerde`se Bianco Corvo Colomba Platino Corvo Prima Goccia Donnafugata Vigna di Gabri Libecchio Menfi Bianco Regaleali Nozze d'Oro Rincione Terre di Ginestra Verdello Siciliano
Others Conti d'Almerita Brut, W-Dr-Sp Inzolia di Samperi, W-Sw Stravecchio Siciliano, R-Dr-Ft Vecchio Samperi, W-Dr-Ft Villa Fontane Sollicchiato Bianco W-Sw-Ft
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