Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Sicily

Carricante Vigna di Milo 2016, I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

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It is rarely possible to talk about a bond between winemaker and terroir with a greater depth than that which for over 40 years has united Salvo Foti and the volcanic Etna soils. Salvo is first and foremost a man deeply in love with his land, which has studied and recounted endlessly in countless lectures around the world, and from which he tries to obtain wines produced with techniques that belong to a rich wine tradition handed down from father to son. [Read more…] about Carricante Vigna di Milo 2016, I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2017, Gulfi

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Gulfi is a winery founded in the homonymous locality of Chiaramonte Gulfi, in the south-western quadrant of the Iblei Mountains, in the province of Ragusa, by Vito Catania, an entrepreneur of Sicilian origins transplanted to Milan who, in 1996, decided to return to his homeland, to take over the wine tradition that his family had developed over three generations.
The winery management has always been inspired by the productive philosophy of Salvo Foti, one of the most authoritative voices of Sicilian enology, whose collaboration has helped to create a virtuous development system that did not take long to have its first effects. [Read more…] about Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2017, Gulfi

Etna Rosso 2019, Pietradolce

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The wine revolution occurred on Etna at the turn of the last century and this, through the work of figures such as Giuseppe Benanti, Marc de Grazia, Andrea Franchetti and Salvo Foti (each with its own identity), had the merit of bringing this volcano back to the center of the debate on Sicilian wines tout court. In the wake of the enthusiasm aroused by these figures, many have begun, or started again, to produce wine in the various districts of Etna, as in the case of Pietradolce winery. [Read more…] about Etna Rosso 2019, Pietradolce

Tancredi 2017, Donnafugata

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Inside the famous novel by Baron Guseppe Tommasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo, there is the legend of the escape of the Queen Bianca di Navarre from a Sicilian castle where she was held prisoner by the Count of Cabrera, who intended to rule in his stead over the Kingdom of Sicily. It is from the story of this escape that the Donnafugata winery was founded in 1983 thanks to the initiative of Giacomo Rallo and his wife Gabriella, a curious and erudite woman, fascinated by the aforementioned story. [Read more…] about Tancredi 2017, Donnafugata

Etna Bianco Ante 2015, I Custodi delle Vigne dell’Etna

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For at least three millennia it is possible to find on Etna traces of a highly specialized model of viticulture; it is therefore not surprising that until a few years ago they existed in the historical Palmenti (small cellars where the vinification takes place only thanks to sweat and manual work) some presses similar to those described by Cato already in 160 BC. This relationship between a’ Muntagna (as Etna is called by the Sicilians) and the winegrowers has remained constant over the centuries, so much so that in 1435 in Catania was founded the Maestranza dei Vigneri; a corporation in which the old generations handed down to the new the traditional wine making techniques of those lands. [Read more…] about Etna Bianco Ante 2015, I Custodi delle Vigne dell’Etna

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane 2012, COS

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Too often, currently, we are used to talking about Sicilian wines thinking almost exclusively about Etna with its Nerello, Carricante and Minnella. In fact, Sicily is definitely much more, as Giambattista Cilia, Cirino Strano and Giusto Occhipinti knew as early as 1980, when they bought an old cellar, with a plot of about three and a half hectares, in the area of Vittoria (Ragusa), and established COS winery. [Read more…] about Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico delle Fontane 2012, COS

Duca di Montalbo 2004, Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo

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According to official sources, at the beginning of the 20th century Lady Maria Costanza, an ancestor of the family, cultivated the vine and, in a small winery in Campobello di Licata, produced wines appreciated by the local customer. It will be necessary to wait until the end of the ’60s to see the birth, by the hand of Giuseppe Milazzo, of the homonymous Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo, also in Campobello di Licata, but it can be said that the road was already laid out. [Read more…] about Duca di Montalbo 2004, Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo

Vinudilice rosato 2020, I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

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It is rarely possible to talk about a bond between winemaker and terroir with a greater depth than that which for over 40 years has united Salvo Foti and the volcanic Etna soils. Salvo is first and foremost a man deeply in love with his land, which has studied and recounted endlessly in countless lectures around the world, and from which he tries to obtain wines produced with techniques that belong to a rich wine tradition handed down from father to son. [Read more…] about Vinudilice rosato 2020, I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

Carricante 2018, Calabretta

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The rediscovery of wine production on Etna is probably the most important event of the last 20-30 years of Italian wine history. The deep-sea volcanic soils have become the cradle that hosts the cultivation of vines such as the two Nerello (Mascalese and Cappuccio) Carricante and Minnella, giving rise to wines that have taken very little to impose themselves to the attention of the most demanding and updated palates. [Read more…] about Carricante 2018, Calabretta

Etna Rosso Riserva Rovittello Parcella n.341 2015, Benanti

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The Benanti family from Bologna would not have thought that one of their descendants would end up producing wine in Sicily when one of their members was sent there in 1734 by King Vittorio Amedeo d’Aosta. Etna was a volcano whose fertility made the surrounding lands extremely suited to wine production, to the point that the nearby city of Catania had reached the record of Sicilian production in the mid-1800s, even owning a school of oenology (1881) and its own wine office (1886). [Read more…] about Etna Rosso Riserva Rovittello Parcella n.341 2015, Benanti

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Grotte Alte 2014, Arianna Occhipinti

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The rise that the young Arianna Occhipinti, and her wines, have had in little more than 15 years of history, is a phenomenon that deserves to be studied, as it is a reality made, certainly, of success but also of a lot of commitment and effort. This young woman, newly graduated in oenology, soon began to cut her teeth, buying in 2004 , at just over 20 years, a piece of land in the area of Vittoria, in Sicily. [Read more…] about Cerasuolo di Vittoria Grotte Alte 2014, Arianna Occhipinti

Bianco di Nera, Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo

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According to official sources, at the beginning of the 20th century Lady Maria Costanza, an ancestor of the family, cultivated the vine and, in a small winery in Campobello di Licata, produced wines appreciated by the local customer. It will be necessary to wait until the end of the ’60s to see the birth, by the hand of Giuseppe Milazzo, of the homonymous Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo, also in Campobello di Licata, but it can be said that the road was already laid out. [Read more…] about Bianco di Nera, Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo

Nerojbleo 2018, Gulfi

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Gulfi is a winery founded in the homonymous locality of Chiaramonte Gulfi, in the south-western quadrant of the Iblei Mountains, in the province of Ragusa, by Vito Catania, an entrepreneur of Sicilian origins transplanted to Milan who, in 1996, decided to return to his homeland, to take over the wine tradition that his family had developed over three generations. The winery management has always been inspired by the productive philosophy of Salvo Foti, [Read more…] about Nerojbleo 2018, Gulfi

Pithos Rosso 2018, COS

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Too often, currently, we are used to talk about Sicilian wines thinking almost exclusively about Etna with its Nerello, Carricante and Minnella. In fact, Sicily is definitely much more, as Giambattista Cilia, Cirino Strano and Giusto Occhipinti knew as early as 1980, when they bought an old cellar, with a plot of about three and a half hectares, in the area of Vittoria (Ragusa), and established COS winery. [Read more…] about Pithos Rosso 2018, COS

Nonna Concetta 2015, Calabretta

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The rediscovery of wine production on Etna is probably the most important event of the last 20-30 years of Italian wine history. The high ground volcanic soils have become the cradle that hosts the cultivation of vines such as the two Nerello (Mascalese and Cappuccio) Carricante and Minnella, giving rise to wines that have taken very little to impose themselves to the attention of the most demanding and updated palates. [Read more…] about Nonna Concetta 2015, Calabretta

Il Frappato 2017, Arianna Occhipinti

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The rise that the young Arianna Occhipinti, and her wines, have had in little more than 15 years of history, is a phenomenon that deserves to be studied, as it is a reality made, certainly, of success but also of a lot of commitment and effort. This young woman, newly graduated in oenology, soon began to cut her teeth, buying in 2004 , at just over 20 years, a piece of land in the area of Vittoria, in Sicily. [Read more…] about Il Frappato 2017, Arianna Occhipinti

Nero di Lupo 2018, COS

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Too often, currently, we are used to talking about Sicilian wines thinking almost exclusively about Etna with its Nerello, Carricante and Minnella. In fact, Sicily is definitely much more, as Giambattista Cilia, Cirino Strano and Giusto Occhipinti knew as early as 1980, when they bought an old cellar, with a plot of about three and a half hectares, in the area of Vittoria (Ragusa), and established COS winery. [Read more…] about Nero di Lupo 2018, COS

Passorosso 2017, Passopisciaro

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Passopisciaro winery is the daydream, which has become reality, of Andrea Franchetti who, after having imposed himself to the attention of the most demanding palates, with the great wines of his Tenuta di Trinoro, decides to embark on the Sicilian adventure. His Etnean viticulture requalification work was a bet that, although it began only in 2000, gave impetus to a real rebirth of the “Volcano’s wines”. [Read more…] about Passorosso 2017, Passopisciaro

Didacus 2016, Planeta

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Modern Sicilian viticulture counts, among its pioneers, Diego Planeta who, inherited land and cellar in the enclave of Forte dell’Ulmo (Menfi), transformed everything into an experimental laboratory in the open air, assisted by figures such as Giacomo Tachis and Attilio Scienza. [Read more…] about Didacus 2016, Planeta

Contrada PC 2018, Passopisciaro

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After the success of the Tenuta di Trinoro, the owner, Andrea Franchetti, wished to undertake a new wine project in southern Italy and, after a study of the roads suitable for the purpose, identified the production area on the slopes of Etna volcano. [Read more…] about Contrada PC 2018, Passopisciaro

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