In the small agricultural centre of Camporeale, at the foot of the hills overlooking the Mandranova plain, in an area full of charm where agriculture has always been the main activity, the Alessandro di Camporeale winery was born. A company where new generations rediscover the pride of their identity, sharing a production project that has solid roots in the history of this family.

Assuli, in Sicilian dialect ‘Al Sole’, stands in the context of the Caruso family’s land, a beautiful natural area of about 130 hectares. The winery is the result of a careful renovation of an ancient baglio dating back to the 18th century, respecting the original criteria of the structure, and the affirmation of the principle of identity through the cultivation of traditional grapes: Nero d’Avola, Zibibibbo, Insolia, Lucido, Grillo, Perricone.

The story of Castelluccimiano began with the study and recovery of old bush-trained vineyards of Catarratto and Perricone, unique examples of biodiversity in the Valledolmo area. The success obtained on the markets, a confirmation of our idea of enhancing the territory: 60 hectares of vineyards distributed on the slopes and basins of the mountains surrounding Valledolmo between 800 and 1050 metres above sea level.

Founded in 1970, Cantine Colomba Bianca represents a large community of small wine growers, 2,480 members who share a production philosophy focused on full traceability between vineyard and bottle. Authenticity and respect for the land, for farmers and for consumers are among the founding values of Colomba Bianca, which today, with 1,800 hectares of vineyards, is one of the largest producers of organic wine in Europe.

110 hectares of land, 65 of vineyards on the northwest slope of Etna. The winery was founded in the early 1990s to produce high quality wines characterised by the minerality offered by the volcanic territory. Family and love for the land are the two pillars on which the history of this company is built, where innovation and respect for tradition guide the production philosophy, from one generation to the next.

Founded by Alberto and Diego Cusumano in 2001 in Partinico, where it is based, the company produces elegant and distinctive wines on 5 estates: Ficuzza in Piana degli Albanesi (PA), San Giacomo in Butera (CL), Presti e Pegni in the hills of Monreale, Monte Pietroso in Monreale, San Carlo in Partinico (PA). In 2013, the company created Alta Mora, bringing together under one new brand the districts of Guardiola, Pietramarina, Verzella, Feudo di Mezzo and Solicchiata on Mount Etna.

Founded in 1969, to date the cooperative is supported by the convinced adhesion of 300 small producers for a total vineyard surface area of 900 ha. Starting in the early 2000s, an ambitious investment plan was launched that has generated a path aimed at achieving quality standards of oenological excellence and a greater awareness of the uniqueness of these territories.

Donnafugata was born in Sicily in 1983, from the initiative of the Rallo family, which, with over 170 years of experience, has been able to innovate the style and perception of Sicilian wine in the world. Sustainability has been the company’s DNA for over 30 years, and it has always pursued a system of good practices in the vineyard and cellar. The company has a historic winery in Marsala and four estates: in Contessa Entellina, on the island of Pantelleria, on the northern slope of Mount Etna and in Vittoria.

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For four generations, we have been growing our grapes within the integral nature reserve, WWF oasis, Lago Preola and Gorghi Tondi, in Mazara del Vallo, on the southwest coast of Sicily.

Cantine Intorcia was founded in 1930 by the Intorcia family, who still run the company today. From a small family-run baglio, Cantine Intorcia today consists of facilities covering an area of more than 25,000 square metres, a capacity of more than one hundred thousand hectolitres, and evocative ageing warehouses with a capacity of more than 20,000 hectolitres in oak barrels. The company has always stood out for the production of ‘Marsala’ and fortified wines (Zibibbo, Moscato, Malvasia).
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Cantina La Vite was founded in 1970 by 43 members who decided to join forces to start what has become one of the most productive and flourishing wineries in the whole of Sicily. Our 1,300 winegrowing members cultivate around 2,300 hectares in central and southern Sicily, between the provinces of Caltanissetta, Agrigento and Ragusa.

Le Casematte is a winery located in the vast territory of Messina that was born in 2008 thanks to the vision and stubbornness of Gianfranco Sabbatino, an accountant by profession and winemaker by passion, who involves his friend Andrea Barzagli with his enthusiasm. Theirs is a big bet: to bring Faro Doc, the historic local wine, back into vogue.

Tenute Lombardo is a family business that has been cultivating 30 hectares of vineyards in central Sicily for over 50 years, processing grapes and marketing wines in different parts of the world. Today, the company is run by three brothers who divide their skills between the vineyards, the cellar and the marketing. The mission is the extreme exaltation of the grape varieties in the production territory. The grape varieties on which the focus is on are Catarratto, Grillo and Nero d’Avola; in central Sicily these vines manifest themselves with characteristics of particular typicality and intensity.

Maugeri is the winemaking project of an Etna family that returns to making wine in its places of origin, on the east side of Etna, the white side, to be exact in the municipality of Milo, the only area where the denomination of Etna Bianco Superiore falls. Doc. Native vines, no intervention and the precise choice to indulge the vocation of this strip of land, the “white”. The protagonists of the labels are the local varieties: the Carricante which finds its place of choice in the East, the Nerello Mascalese with which the rosé is produced, and the Catarratto with which an Igt is produced.

Cantine Nicosia is a dynamic company, capable of looking to the future while fully respecting tradition, at the helm of which Carmelo Nicosia is flanked by his two sons Francesco and Graziano, and a close-knit team of young collaborators. It favours the finest autochthonous vines and the international varieties best adapted to Sicily, promoting the territory and enhancing the raw material with constant attention to work in the cellar.

Nosio S.p.A. is the sub-holding and commercial arm of the Mezzacorona Group, one of the most important wine producers in Italy and the world. Established in 1998, it is controlled by Mezzacorona S.c.a., which holds 61% of the shares (the remaining 39% are divided among almost 500 shareholders). Nosio S.p.a. follows the bottling of still wines and the production of sparkling wines of the Mezzacorona Group and manages their marketing.

From Arianna Occhipinti’s desire to invest in her land and vineyards, the story of Agricola Occhipinti began in 2004 in Vittoria, in the province of Ragusa. Ever since the lease of the first hectare of vineyard in contrada Fossa di Lupo, respect and acceptance have been the core values of the company’s production philosophy. Respect for biodiversity and for the vineyard and acceptance of the land with wise gestures of a sensitive and natural agriculture that considers wine as a living being, a wine that is coherent and natural in its becoming.
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Cantine Paolini takes its name from the rural centre inhabited by our winegrowers, the Paolini district. The name in turn derives from the monastic order of the Paulines, who in the early 1500s began cultivating vines in the same places where, thanks to a favourable warm and windy climate, our grapes still ripen optimally today.

Family, history and territory: these are the founding pillars of the uninterrupted success of Cantine Pellegrino, which from its origins has expanded its production project to include white and red wines, Pantelleria wines and Marsala. This is how, thanks to differentiated cultivation areas, three different wineries and specialised oenologists, Pellegrino is today the winery that can offer the widest variety of Sicilian wine types.

Cantine Petrosino was founded in 1962, and is located in the most wine-growing municipality in Europe, with an annual grape stock of more than 150,000 hl. with over 850 conferring members and vineyards that extend as far as the coastal strip, thus enjoying a wide pedoclimatic diversity, it ranks among the largest Sicilian wine cooperatives, for over a decade led by President Vincenzo Ampola.

Planeta is a family farm that has been operating between Menfi and Sambuca di Sicilia for 17 generations. In the last quarter century it has concentrated more on viticulture, olive growing and other related agricultural activities, and at the same time it has embarked on a genuine “Sicilian Journey”: it now has estates, vineyards and cellars in Vittoria, Noto, Mount Etna and Capo Milazzo.

The Pollara family, with its passion and talent, has been able to transmit the culture and value of Sicilian wines over the years in Italy and abroad, and has set itself the task of giving a future to the work undertaken by founder Giuseppe Pollara back in 1892.

The estate covers 225 hectares in the area that slopes down from Camporeale towards Alcamo, on gentle hills between 300 and 600 metres, on land where clay and sand alternate. The perfect exposure and soil composition make it ideal for the cultivation of the finest grape varieties.

Cantine Settesoli is a community of Sicilian wine growers, a large vineyard in Sicily, and a true wine district in the province of Agrigento: between Menfi, Montevago and Santa Margherita di Belice, as much as 70% of the community’s approximately 5,000 families are involved in the company’s activities. Founded in 1958 in Menfi, today it has 2000 members – 25% are women – a vineyard area of ​​6,000 hectares and 36 cultivars in production, of which 908 are organic.

In one of the most enchanting corners of Sicily, the Terre Sicane, devoted to vines and wine since Greek and Roman times, the first Feudo Arancio estate was established in 2001 in the territory of Sambuca di Sicilia (AG). The estate covers 280 hectares around a magnificent baglio (farmhouse and courtyard) that houses the winery. The grapes give us high quality wines that are exported to 60 countries around the world, where they carry the colours and scents of the land of Sicily.

The story of Tasca d’Almerita is that of a family of winemakers who have dedicated their lives to the land of Sicily for 8 generations. A love born in 1830 on the Regaleali Estate, to which four estates were then added as part of a project to develop specific native vines in particularly suitable territories: Capofaro in Salina, Tascante on Mt. Etna, Whitaker in Mozia and Sallier de La Tour in the DOC Monreale territory.

The Tonnino family has always cultivated its land with passion, deep respect for the land and attention to innovative technologies. Set in a land of rare beauty at an altitude between 200 and 450 metres above sea level, the Tonnino estates benefit from the characteristics of the local environment that determine the excellence of its wines.

The company’s agricultural activity is based on the direct ownership and control of a capital company that owns 60 ha of land located in the Agro di Castiglione di Sicilia and another 40 ha held directly. About 46 ha of the land is cultivated as vineyards, 8 ha as olive groves and 5 ha as hazelnut groves, the rest is being reconverted; for this reason, today the Tornatore company owns the largest vineyard within the Etna DOC production area.