Tomarchio Melagrana Pomegranate Italian Soda 275ml (9.3fl oz)

Tomarchio Melagrana is the pomegranate-flavored Italian craft soda from Tomarchio, the Acireale (Catania, Sicily) soft drinks producer that has been making Sicilian fruit sodas since the mid-20th century — the melagrana (pomegranate) variant that captures the tart-sweet intensity of pomegranate fruit in the classic small-bottle Sicilian format. Tomarchio was established in Acireale in the traditional Sicilian limonata and aranciata artisan producer tradition, developing a range of small-bottle fruit sodas as the Sicilian and Southern Italian alternative to the large international soda brands — the craft soda of the Catania coast made with fruit grown in the volcanic soils around Mount Etna. The melagrana occupies a distinctive place in the Tomarchio range because pomegranate grows extensively across the Sicilian landscape — the fruit introduced to the island with the Arab agricultural tradition in the medieval period, which remained embedded in Sicilian culinary identity through the centuries and became one of the signature flavors of the island's fruit soda tradition. Serve ice-cold from the glass bottle at aperitivo or with a meal, mix with prosecco or Campari for a Sicilian melagrana spritz, or enjoy as the artisan Sicilian pomegranate soda that carries the taste of the Mediterranean island fruit tradition.