The agriculture-friendly climate of the island, influences the quality of the productions, but differs every year. From the climatic point of view, Sicily is a Continent, since climate varies notably from zone to zone within its viticultural territory; therefore the island can be divided into four areas: West-central, Southeast, Northeast - Etna and the small islands. The major types of soil in these areas are: sandy, clayey, calcareous, mixed.

Today there are 136.000 hectares of vineyard in Sicily, equivalent to 17% of the national landmass, 70% of which is constituted of white berry grapes and 30 %, of red berry grapes; the production amounts to 5.000.000 hectolitres, 200.000 of which are DCO and 1.500.000 IGT; 90% of the product is based on local varieties, such as Grecanico, Inzolia, Abvola Black, Nerello Mascalese, the rest international.

The wine-producing panorama is very dynamic and about 200 professional and competitive bottling companies, capable of harmonising the varied choices, modern winemaking techniques and the corporate image culture, represent it.