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Salvo Foti
My Dream for Etna
The Etna I would want for the future is alive my memory. A memory nostalgic and poignant, that crosses all the senses. The more intense the emotion, the more it remains indelible.
Marco de Grazia
Marco was one of the leading figures in the modernist Barolo movement. He was a well-known wine distriubutor of small,…
MORECiro Biondi
Enchanted by Etna wine culture, Ciro grew up crushing grapes with his feet and loving every minute spent in the vineyard just outside his childhood home. Who wouldn’t, among volcanic craters of alberello-type vines with an immaculate view of coastal…
MOREFrank Cornelissen
Owner of a 24-hectare estate of high altitude vines on the esteemed northern valley of the volcano, considered the premier…
MOREEduardo Torres
The thing that made me come here to Etna is the volcano, that it is currently an active volcano. The soil. The possibility to cultivate in high altitudes and small parcels.
For example going from 500 meters to 1,000…
Alberto Graci
In 2004 Graci sold his grandfather’s land and used the proceeds to buy land on Mount Etna, and is amongst the group of Etna pioneers including Foti, Franchetti, Cornelissen, de Grazia and Benanti who over the last twenty years have…
MOREPassopisciaro
In 2000 Andrea Franchetti decided to restore an old farm and cellars on the slopes of Mount Etna, an active volcano in northeastern Sicily. The winery sits at about a thousand meters of altitude above the small wine town of…
MOREMario Paoluzi
Mario is the owner of I Custodi, an artisanal winery located on the northern slope of Mt. Etna in Sicily. I Custodi refers to themselves as the “keepers” or the “guardians” of Mt. Etna’s vineyards. Their mission is to preserve…
MORECalabretta
The Calabretta wines hail from the DOC of Etna Rosso in northeastern Sicily. The vineyards are planted between 300 and 900 meters on the slopes of Mount Etna, an active volcano that looms in the distance for much of eastern…
MOREGenerazione Alessandro
High-quality wine has been in Ciro Biondi’s family since the 17th century, proven early on by his grandfather, Cirino, who won awards in Italy and abroad: Casal Monferrato 1913, Paris 1914, Lyons 1914, Cuneo 1914, and Milano 1914. At that…
MOREBARONE VILLAGRANDE
The Nicolosi Asmundo family has been living with the vine in Milo on the eastern slope of Etna for over 300 years. Records from the early 18th century show the Bishop of Catania gave the family the task to turn…
MOREAlice Bonaccorsi
Alice is dedicated to solely growing native grape varietals with natural practices and showing off her gnarly old vines. The wine does the talking for her. Bonaccorsi vineyards is located on the northeastern side of Mount Etna, between the Passopisciaro and Randazzo contradas.
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