The Territory

Marsala: the name of a city and a wine, inextricably bound by centuries of history.

Marsala: a city-territory made of rural districts and countryside, welcoming you with thousands of years of culture.

Marsala: a wine born almost by chance, initially known as ‘English wine’ and later celebrated worldwide under the name of the city that produces it. In short, an inseparable bond: Marsala the land , Marsala the wine.

Marsala: a city of the sea, which has yielded Punic wrecks, Phoenician artifacts, and Roman ships… and a city of the land, cultivated by skilled farmers. Following in the footsteps of British entrepreneurs, they transformed the face of these western-facing lands by refining the cultivation of vines— which have always been present in this corner of Sicily.

Marsala: a city of the wind, which in the past, together with the sea, allowed barreled wine to reach countless countries, and today makes the city the undisputed capital of windsurfing. Here, the sport is practiced almost year-round in the waters of the Stagnone lagoon, overlooking the historical Grillo vineyards and the salt pans, famous for unique sunsets in all the world.

Marsala: a city of tuff quarries—the traditional stone used to build local homes and cellars—and a city of a thousand other faces. For ultimately, Marsala is the city of ‘Garibaldi’s Thousand.’ A specific style of Marsala wine, ‘Garibaldi Dolce’ (GD), was dedicated to him after he praised it during his second visit to the city in 1862, when he thundered ‘O Roma o Morte’ (Rome or Death) from a balcony of Palazzo Grignani at Porta Nuova.