Cossentino, from Partinico the wine of Ferdinand I de Bourbon

The adventure in the world of wine for Antonino Cossentino started in 1995, when he began to process some native grapes...

di Annalisa Ricciardi

Sicilian cellars abroad. The second semester activities
of the Institute for Wine and Vine

United States, China, Japan, Korea and Belgium. These are the aims of the Institute for wine and vine (Irvv) for Sicilian cellars. “A programme” explained president Leonardo Agueci, “that is part of the overall strategy for the promotion of Sicilian wines, which...

“Caruso and Minini” point on Doc Delia Nivolelli. The cellar of Marsala wins the gold medal at the “Syrah du monde” in France

There are 5000 vines aged 15years in Giummarella, near Trapani, from which only 2 kilos from each plant are collected, when...

Sicilian cellars and the Wine and Vine Institute conquer Russia
Moscow and S.Petersburg the next stops of the Vinitaly tour

Lanzara, Cambria, Arfo, Vasari, Occhio di Sole, Caravaglio, Abraxas, Pietra Tagliata, Caruso & Minini, Calatrasi, Viticultori Associati di Canicattì and Alambicco di Sicilia. These are the twelve Sicilian wine cellars that, led by the Regional Wine...

Erice in a glass of wine. The Fazio family tell about their territory

A Norman castle, ancient walls that enclose a network of streets and churches that remind...

di Annalisa Ricciardi

Baiata, president of the Paolini Cellars:
“The Doc Sicily will save us”

Gaspare Baiata, 56 years old, is a “professional” of wine. An authority in this sector. He is the head of the Paolini Cellars, one of the most important co-operative cellars of the Island. When he heard that the region wanted to fight the “poverty” of some wine...

Gibellina, mythology
and marketing
Orestiadivini bets on the bottle

Aegisthus son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. Cassandra, daughter of King Priam and not listened to because Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever...

di Annalisa Ricciardi

The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has ended The organizers’ comments

“Sicilian wine excellence keeps on growing”. This is the result of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in which Sicily won one Great Gold...

A faith mystery
in the vineyards near Agrigento

There is a 200-year-old Christ in the vineyards, where very year in Spring many pilgrims ask for divine intervention to thank...

Duel between Donnafugata and Tasca d’Almerita
The two Sicilian wine companies at Città del gusto in Naples

A duel between Donnafugata and Tasca d’Almerita will be held soon in Naples. The two wine companies will compete with their Nero D’Avola in the section Le Verticali Doppie within the first edition of the Città del gusto Wine Lab in Naples. An event...

Success for co-operative wineries at the Vinitaly 2010

A real success for the Sicilian co-operative wineries at the Vinitaly 2010. More than 20 prizes for these types of wineries that in Sicily represent more than 80% of the wine production. Next to the Viticultori Associati of Canicattì (Agrigento), that won many...

Sicilian wineries go more international Agreement between CAEP and IRVV

Sicilian wineries will be more international through a new partnership between the Regional Institute of Vines and Wines (IRVV)...

di Annalisa Ricciardi

The secret of the Cantine Paolini
They point on quality, territory and market

More than 3000 hectares of vineyards belonging to 900 different producers, more than 150 thousands hectolitres of wine and 26 labels. These are the numbers of the Cantine Paolini from Marsala, in the province of Trapani. It was born in 1970 and...

Wine icons. From the “consumer oriented” Sicilian company an outsider's look

“Wine is our daily life. It is our commitment for the ever growing request for top quality products by consumers who have become...

Gorghi Tondi, a wine oasis
From a cellar near Trapani
“the other face” of native wines

There is a Wwf reserve in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, that hosts for long periods of the year, herons and hawks and...

Frappato, between territory
and market. The sushi-bar wine from the Valle dell’Acate

They were the first ones to turn the Frappato into wine in 1995. After ten years the Vittoria Doc was born, and amongst its monovarietal wines there are also the native Sicilian vine...

Tradition and innovation
in Menfi. Not only wine
but also tourism
at the Baglio San Vincenzo

Tradition for the care of vineyards and technological innovation in the cellars. This is the recipe of the wine company Lanzara di Menfi (Agrigento), a territory that together...

Bagliesi’s organic grapes. Wine tourism between the Baroque and the Valley of the Temples

“It all started in the 1960s, when my grandfather decided to move from Partinico, in the province of Palermo, to Ravanusa...

The restyling of the Marchesi
De Gregorio company started
A new resort for wine tourists

An area of Sicily dedicated to the cultivation of vines, with luxuriant vineyards and age-old olive groves that offer a unique landscape...

The Nero D’Avola of Gulfi conquers India. The company from Ragusa won the gold
and bronze medal
for “best Italian red wine”

Nerojbleo e Nerobufaleffj of the Gulfi company, in the province of Ragusa, obtained...

Valcerasa, mount Etna
erupts natural wine
The small company
will be at the Vinitaly 2010

Their names are Cruci Monaci and Noir and they are the two new wines of Valcerasa, a small wine company in the province...

Patria, the wine cellar
of volcanoes. Sicilian wines between myth and history

A wine that tells about Sicily, its history and its myths. The nectar of Gods produced by the wine company Patria, which originated...

A new white wine flows along Mount Etna. Barone di Villagrande points on the aging “Carricante”

A new white wine by Barone di Villagrande will soon arrive. It is called “Legno di Conzo”, a Carricante with a unique purity, after four...

Back to the future,
the Earth is no longer evil
The Sicilian oenology conquers the world. Palermo wine capital

Sicily is starting to compete with the rest of the world thanks to what the territory offers and the knowledge possessed. Wine and...

Palermo, world capital
of wine. In April Brussels
World Wine Fair

Palermo, world capital of wine. The Brussels World Wine Fair organization and Italy decided to organize the 17th edition of this...