Marsala wine Marsala wine Marsala is a wine, dry or sweet, produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. Marsala first received "Denominazione di Origine Controllata" (DOC) status in 1969. The DOC status is equivalent to PDO: most countries limit the use of the term "Marsala" to those wines that come from the Marsala area, to which the European Union grants Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. While the city's natives sometimes drink "vintage" Marsala, the wine produced for export is universally fortified similar to Port, Madeira and Sherry. Originally, this addition of alcohol was to ensure that
Rastorguyev Island Rastorguyev Island Rastorguyev Island or Rastorguyeva Island (, "ostrov Rastorguyeva") is an island in the Kara Sea, Russian Federation. It is the third largest island of the Kamennyye Islands. It is located close to the shores of the Taymyr Peninsula, about from the coast. A narrow and bent landspit projects northwards of the norther shore. There are two hills on the island, the highest of which is Mount Kolomeitsev "(Gora Kolomeitseva)" —named after Nikolai Kolomeitsev— in the eastern part. Winters are long, cold and bitter, and the surrounding sea freezes solid about ten months every year. The whole area around