The wine routes: Balestrate with a sweet taste seen from the sea

The experience

By boat in the footsteps of the ancient English merchants.

From the ancient fishermen’s beach, around which Balestrate was built, to what was once the landing place for the ships of the great English wine companies. The boat or catamaran tour will satiate your eyes with the intense blue of the sea and will introduce you to the centuries-old history of wine in the area, from a decidedly privileged point of view. And we will do it, sailing in the same waters crossed by the ships that embarked the musts and wines in the port of “Sicciara”, the Sicilian name of Balestrate due to its sea rich in cuttlefish. Musts and wines were also brought to Trappeto, to be transferred in small barrels on ships that brought them to ports all over the world. But this is just a taste. For the rest of the story, or rather, of the stories that have made the history of wine great, you have to get on board and sail on the waves of the dream… Ready to set sail?
And what better way to cool off after our boat tour than with a nice ice cream? The ideal dessert. It will be thanks to a young local talent who will welcome you in his ice cream parlor of the highest excellence, to make you taste only genuine and Km 0 products.
The recipes, the preparation techniques, the processing of raw materials, will be at the center of a live lesson that will allow you to learn the secrets of a good homemade ice cream complete with an apron and professional tools to spend a few happy and sweet hours together.