IT 
EN 
The name "Zibibbo" (from the original Arabic term "zabib", raisins) identifies in Sicily the vine known with the name Moscato d'Alessandria or Moscatellone, this last one (like as “big Moscato”) highlights the bunches and berries big size.
The name "Zibibbo" (from the original Arabic term "zabib", raisins) identifies in Sicily the vine known with the name Moscato d'Alessandria or Moscatellone, this last one (like as “big Moscato”) highlights the bunches and berries big size. Moscato d'Alessandria grapes are a variety of Moscato, a white berry vine very wide-ranged in Italy and in other Mediterranean regions. Weather conditions and soils affect the organoleptic characteristics, and the different vinification techniques let the wines obtained with these grapes could be different from one region to another.
Zibibbo has always played an important role for the Sicilian winemaking. It’s farmed with the traditional sapling cultivation (agricultural practice included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List, particularly referred to Pantelleria), or with the more modern espalier and cordon spur techniques, and its main feature is sweetness and aromatic intensity.
Great fortified wines – Zibibbo, Moscato, Passito - are produced with this type of grapes, such as interesting dry wines more recently established.
Reference:
Italian Vitis Database
