The Portale family has grown wine in Contrade Setteporte and Spadatrappo on Etna’s southern flank near Biancavilla for generations; in the nineteenth century the estate produced bulk wines for local and export markets. Masseria Setteporte was founded by Piero Portale on a selection from their own vines, with drought- and disease-resistant rootstocks chosen to limit vigor in favor of flavor. For the first several vintages a consulting cantina guided production; wine production has since returned to the estate.