WINERIES

A selection of the best wineries in the western Sicily will be offered to visitors of Experience of Sicily.

ALESSANDRO DI CAMPOREALE

In the Belice valley, in the province of Palermo lays the small market town of Camporeale. On its charming foot hills, overlooking the plain of Mandranova, is where the Alessandro di Camporeale Estate was established. This is an ancient and enchanting land, where agriculture has long been the main activity.

BAGLIO ORO

The estate was founded by the tenacity of “Don Pino” a man of family tradition, who proudly passed down to his son Francesco Laudicina and son-in-law Michele Cottone, the love and passion for his land and for wine making.

CANDIDO

Candido’s vineyards extend 20 hectares and are located 2 km far from Camporeale, in “Agro di Camporeale” and “Agro di Monreale”.

CASE ALTE

For three generations the Vaccaro family have been producing wine in Camporeale, a small farming town in the province of Palermo; a hilly area characterized by particularly favorable soil and climatic conditions that give rise to an extraordinary production of wines with excellent organoleptic characteristics.

CEUSO

Between the rows of the family, the brothers Melia mature the idea of producing red wines in an area of ancient winemaking tradition: Alcamo.

DONNAFUGATA

Donnafugata was founded in Sicily by an enterprising family with 150 years experience in premium wines. Giacomo Rallo and his wife Gabriella, together with their daughter José and their son Antonio, are engaged in an entrepreneurial project with a focus on attention to details to make wines that correspond increasingly more to the potential of this area.

FATTORIE AZZOLINO

Fattorie Azzolino is the natural evolution, in a modern and sustainable key, of an ancient winery of Camporeale.

FLORIO

Florio is an innovator by tradition, revealing an unexpected world, a modern artisan with an intense, unusual and precious soul. Located in the “sun belt”, an area where a delicate relationship must be maintained between the microclimate, vines and land, Florio is a company that has acquired unique experience over the last two centuries thanks to its respect for tradition, attention to details and innovative vision.

MARTINEZ

Martinez winery is located in Marsala, a small town situated in the extreme western part of Sicily: Capo Boeo. This area stands in the “sunbelt”, between 34° and 43° parallel, where the constantly ventilated mild sea climate and the restrained temperature range during the seasons have naturally generated an exellent environment for Marsala and other fortified wines.

PLANETA

Planeta is a Sicilian wine producer born in 1995 on a long agricultural tradition handed down since 1500 through 17 generations in the area between Sambuca di Sicilia and Menfi. The estates in which wine is procuded are: Ulmo, at Sambuca di Sicilia, Dispensa, at Menfi; Dorilli, at Victoria; Buonivini at Noto, Feudo di Mezzo at Etna in Castiglione di Sicilia, and finally, La Baronia, at Capo Milazzo.

TENUTA GORGHI TONDI

In an atmosphere of old times, which reconciles man to nature, stands Tenuta Gorghi Tondi, a new business that blends centuries-old experience of the family to the new impulses of a young entrepreneurial team and attentive to women.