The fortified wine that is more in Sicily and Italy, is undoubtedly the "Marsala". The origins of viticulture on the island of Sicily can be traced back to the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, to whom belong the honor of having spread the cultivation of vines around the Mediterranean Sea. A witness to what we say we are the archaeological excavations, especially the tiny island of Mozia reserve in the Lagoon, which brought to light vases with base notes for the transportation of wine by sea. The invention and the subsequent fortunes of Marsala, is due to an English around 1770, the owner of Liverpool John Woodhouse, a trader in potash. Having a good head for business and considering the full-bodied Sicilian wine and alcohol, Woodhouse realized that his countrymen would have liked to deciding to sell it, but the transport by sea at that time could not guarantee health of wine, so that we could alter, said the whiskey ....
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