Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Nero d'Avola

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

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

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

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

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

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

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