Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily lie in an arc to the right, one below the other, in the Mediterranean Sea. Each is unique in its own right, with significant differences between them, but they also share similarities. One of these is wine-growing. All three produce quintessentially Mediterranean wines.
Text: Magda van der Rijst | Image: Unsplash
Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily are situated in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy, France and, a little further away, Spain. Corsica is just under twenty kilometres from Sardinia and over six hundred from Sicily; the distance between Sardinia and Sicily is approximately five hundred kilometres.
Three Mediterranean islands which, as strategic strongholds, have regularly been occupied by other peoples for extended periods. As a result, each has its own multicultural character. In Corsica, you can sense the blend of French and Italian influences in everything. In Sardinia, alongside Tuscan and Roman influences, there are also Catalan ones. And if you take a big step back in time, Sicily has seen conquests by the Arabs, Spaniards and Greeks, the remnants of which are still visible today.
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