...so recites the famous verse in Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson". While we do know that the Yankee legend has passed on to a better life, he did manage, while in this world, to honor his Sicilian roots - his parents were originally from Isola delle Femmine, a tiny costal town on the western outskirts of greater Palermo. While here, he also thought best - who wouldn't? - to pay a visit to one of the oldest Marsala producers in the eponymous city. While some fans might proudly own a baseball, photo, or baseball card autographed by Di Maggio, the Pellegrino winery can brag that they were honored with his presence in 1997, as his autograph on a barrel at the winery proudly shows.
