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BORN in SICILY. Sicily’s finest wines vinexpo, bordeaux 16/20 june IRVOS Istituto Regionale Vini e Oli di Sicilia Viale della Libertà, 66 90143 Palermo Tel 091 627.8203 www.irvos.it Texts and supervision: Gran Via Società & Comunicazione Via Mazzini, 21 90139 Palermo (PA) www.granviasc.it Tel (+39) 091 730.2991 info@granviasc.it graphics: studiomennella

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Alessandro Di Camporeale Azienda Agricola Ceuso Srl Azienda Agricola Costantino Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo SPA Azienda Agricola La 3 D srl aziende agricole Planeta Azienda Vitivinicola casa di Grazia Baglio dei Fenicotteri Baglio del Cristo di Campobello Baglio di pianetto Srl Cantine Rallo SpA Cantine Settesoli Spa Cantina Sociale Corbera scarl Caruso & Minini SPA Castellucci Miano Montain Viticulture Cusumano Srl Duca di Salaparuta Spa Feudi del Pisciotto srl FIRRIATO Le Terre del Gattopardo Mimmo Paone Nicosia Spa Santa Tresa srl Tasca Conti D’Almerita Tenute Agricole società Agricola - Maurigi Tenuta diDonnafugata Tenimenti Zabù srl Terre di Giurfo srl liquori

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Kaid Syrah - Igt Sicilia 2009 - Alessandro di Camporeale Ceuso -Igt Sicilia 2008 - Ceuso Aria Siciliana Catarratto- Igt Terre Siciliane 2012 - Costantino Maria Costanza - Igt Sicilia 2006 - Milazzo Sciarakè - Etna Doc 2008 - La 3D Santa Cecilia - Doc Noto 2009 - Planeta Gradiva Collectio Nero d’Avola - Igt Sicilia 2009 - Casa di Grazia Prim’Amore Passito di Noto - Doc Noto 2008 - Baglio dei Fenicotteri Lu Patri - Igp Sicilia 2010 - Baglio del Cristo di Campobello Cembali Nero d’Avola - Igt Sicilia 2007 - Baglio di Pianetto Beleda Catarratto - Dop Sicilia Bio 2012 - Rallo Mandrarossa Cartagho Nero d’Avola - Igt Sicilia 2009 - Settesoli Le Contrade Syrah Casalbianco - Igp Sicilia 2011 - Corbera Timpune Grillo - Doc Sicilia 2012 - Caruso&Minini Shiarà Catarratto - Doc Sicilia 2012 - Castellucci Miano Sàgana - IGP Sicilia 2010 - Cusumano Duca Enrico Nero D’Avola - Igt Sicilia 2007 - Duca di Salaparuta L’Eterno Pinot Nero - Igt Sicilia 2011 - Feudi del Pisciotto Ribeca 2010 - Igt Sicilia - Firriato Don Fabrizio - Igp Sicilia 2010 - Le Terre del Gattopardo Pietragrezza - Igt Sicilia 2011 - Mimmo Paone Fondo Filara - Etna Doc 2012 - Nicosia Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico - Docg 2011 - Santa Tresa Rosso del Conte - Doc Contea di Sclafani 2007 - Tasca d’Almerita Coste all’Ombra - Igt Terre Siciliane 2012 - Maurigi Ben Ryé - Passito di Pantelleria - Dop Pantelleria 2010 - Donnafugata Il Passo Nerello Mascalese/Nero d’avola - Igt Sicilia 2012 - Tenimenti Zabù Belsito - Doc Vittoria 2012 - Terre di Giurfo liquori

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Alessandro di camporeale Contrada Mandranova, Camporeale (PA) www.alessandrodicamporeale.com

It is in the small rural community of Camporeale in the Alto Belice in the province of Palermo, on hill-slopes which overlook the plains of Mandranova, that the wine-company Alessandro di Camporeale was founded. This is an ancient land, rich in history, where agriculture has always predominated, marking out the

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culture of this Palermitanan hinterland community. And on this ancient land, there is a thread reaching to the Alessandro Cellars where tradition, family and a passion for wine are the distinct traits of a company committed to producing quality wines with a distinct personality.

Kaid Syrah - IGT Sicilia 2009

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Vineyards Location: Camporeale Soil Characteristics: hilly, clayish chalk, with an alkaline reaction Altitude: 440 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4400 Training System: Spurred cordon espalier Grape Variety: 100% Syrah Vinification: Maceration:about 12 days at a controlled temperature, 6 months in still tanks Ageing: 12 months in oak casks Bottle ageing: 6 months Alchool Level: 14%vol; Total acidity: 5,20 g/l

Colour: ruby red, dark and opaque with violet glints Bouquet: ich and elegant; with notes of black cherries in alcohol, blackcurrants, cocoa, graphite, humus, roasted coffee, rhubarb, leather, black pepper and cloves vying with each other to create an intriguing and charming bouquet Taste: powerful, velvety and confident; Kaid is a particularly territorial and Mediterranean wine which seduces the taster with its unmistakable personality, admirably creating an articulate and full-bodied wine, further benefiting from the lively impulsiveness of its well-balanced tannin content

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Azienda Agricola Ceuso Contrada Vivignato www.ceuso.it

Ceuso winery owned by the Melia brothers is recognised as a leading player in top quality Sicilian winemaking. The vineyards are located a few kilometres from the doric Temple of Segesta and extend over 50 hectares at an altitude of between 250 and 350 metres above sea level. From the very beginning, the Melia brothers focused on the development of Nero d’Avola, and the

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adaption of the best international vines. The winemaking process takes place in a Baglio, a distinctive example of typical, rural Sicilian architecture, with a cluster of open-fronted workshops surrounding an inner courtyard, and incorporating the very latest wine-producing technology.

CEUSO - IGT SICILIA 2008

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Salemi Soil Characteristics: Calcareous with a fraction of light coloured clay Altitude: 250/300 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4.600 Training System: Trellis Grape Variety: 50% Nero d’Avola, 30%Cabernet sauvignon, 20% Merlot Vinification: 14-16 days maceration in steel tanks at a controlled temperature. Ageiing 14 months in small French oak barrels,4 months in

cement vats and 12 months in bottle Alcohol Level: 14; Total acidity: 5.2; Residual sugars:2.5 Yearly production: 160 hl; Bottles availability: 20.000 Tasting notes Colour: Ruby red Bouquet: Aromas of wild berries, cherry jam, olives, mushrooms, balsamic notes and pepper.

Taste: Extremely balanced, smooth and tannic.

Elegant with a long finish

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Azienda Agricola Costantino Contrada Raccuglia - 90047 Partinico (Pa) www.aziendagricolacostantino.it

Azienda Agricola Costantino, produces wines for 3 generations.

70 years of passion and love for the fruit of Bacchus. The 55 hectars of vineyards, owned by the winery, are located in the territory of Partinico/Monreale, at an average altitude of 350 meters above the sea level, about 15 km. far from the sea, where they receive all benefits of the sea breeze. The soils are

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limestones and clayey, properties that allow the development of the organoleptic quality of the grape. In addition to the native varieties such as Nero d’Avola, Grillo, Catarratto, Grecanico, Insolia, we have cultivated international varieties such as Syrah, Chardonnay, Merlot, Muller Thurgau, that they found these lands a natural habitat.

Aria Siciliana Catarratto - IGT Terre Siciliane 2012

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Partinico/Monreale Soil Characteristics: calcareous and clayey Altitude: 350 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4200 Training System: Cordon trained, Guyot Grape Variety: Catarratto Vinification: cryomaceration and alcoholic fermentation with controlled temperature maceration in steel tank for Alcohol Level: 12,50 %; Total acidity: 5,70 ; Residual sugars: 2 gr.

Yearly production 200 hl; Bottles availability: 26000

Tasting notes Colour : pale yellow with green nuances Bouquet: Delicate smell, dominated by floral notes Taste: Smooth, clear and round

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Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo SPA S.S. 123 KM. 12+700 www. milazzovini.com

In the late sixties Giuseppe Milazzo started producing with passion quality wines following a route of research and innovation that brought him to become the first Sicilian producer of sparkling wines “classic method” using autoctone grapes.

Today the Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo - Terre della Baronia produces its wines exclusively with grapes cultivated on its 75 ectars of vineyards positioned in the hills of Campobello di Licata - Agrigento. Nero d’Avola, Nero Cappuccio and Perricone for the reds, Inzolia and Catarrato for the whites, Chardonnay and Inzolia for the classic method. Here at an altitudes of around 400 meters above the sea level, where the climatic characteristics of the hill and the morphology of the soil combine with the influence of

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the sea (about 20 km far), we harvest grapes full of flavor notes, cultivated in accordance with the rhythms of nature, using a strict organic approach, to create red wines of great character, whites of persistent aroma and classic method sparkling wines with strong personality. Only manual harvesting, a strict temperature control for a perfect fermentation, an equilibrate combination of transition in steel and maturation in barriques of hardwoods, up to the final aging in bottle in the Milazzo’s innovative wine cellars at the heart of Terre della Baronia. A palmares of international awards in the major European competitions since 1994 until today.

MARIA COSTANZA - IGT SICILIA 2006

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Campobello di Licata Sol characteristics: In a hilly area on gently sloping ground; deep and mainly clayey soil, with a high organic content Altitude: 400 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 6000 Training System: Wall Bars Grape Variety: 100% Nero d’Avola Vinification: The grapes are taken off the stalks and left to macerate and ferment for 7-8 days at a temperature of 28 °C in stainless steel, thermostatically controlled wine vats and, for a while, in oaken barrique

Ageing: 5 Year Bottle ageing: 1 Year Alchool Level:14% ; Total acidity:6,10 g/l, Residual sugar: 3,2 Yearly production: hl 120; Bottles availability: 16.000 Tasting notes Colour: Purple with shades of dark violet Bouquet: Very intense with a pleasant liquorice tang, notes of fresh mint and very ripe, red fruits (blackberries, wild strawberries, cherries) Taste: Clean, full-bodied, strong and silky tannic structure; well-rounded, lingers in the mouth and finely blended

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Azienda Agricola La 3 D srl Piazza Ragusa, 8 - 95014 Giarre (CT) www.destrovini.com

The estate of the Destro Family was founded in 2002, and is located within the prestigious area of Etna Doc, in one of the areas most rich of history of eastern Sicily. The tradition carried on by predecessors over the years, this historic company revived now transformed by Destro family into a modern winery. The

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union technology and tradition, where warehouses and hold houses, appropriately restructured shelter equipment and winemaking tools advanced with the only objective of arriving with great passion and dedication to the highest expression of their wines.

SciarakĂŠ - Etna DOC 2008

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Etna Soil Characteristics: volcanic, rich in minerals Altitude: 730/750 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 5.000 Training System: a filari, doppio cordone speronato Grape Variety: Nerello Mascalese 100% Vinification: in red with controlled maceration of the skins Alcohol Level: 13.50 Total acidity: 5,0; Residual sugars: 0,5 g/l Yearly production hl: 19; Bottles availability: 7.000

Tasting notes Colour: ruby red; Bouquet: sweet with very tipical fruity aroma; Taste: smooth, can be drunk young even though it ages very well due to its non-aggressive tannins;

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aziende agricole Planeta Contrada dispensa 92013 menfi (AG) www.planeta.it

Finally, Alessio Planeta who is winemaker, Francesca Planeta the export and marketing director and Santi Planeta the national director were ready to embark into their venture. The first wines were produced in 1995 on the shore of lake “Arancio” between Sambuca di Sicilia and Menfi in the province of Agrigento. Today, they now own five boutique wineries and apart from Sambuca

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and Menfi, the Planeta decided to go also to the other most interesting viticultural areas of Sicily such as Vittoria, Noto and Etna. The extention of their vineyards are 975 acres of vineyards where they cultivate classical Sicilian varieties like Grecanico, Frappato and Nero d’Avola, as well as national and international varieties.

SANTA CECILIA - DOC NOTO 2009

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Noto (SR) Soil Characteristics: very limey soil, abundant structure of small pebbles, fine texture with areas of light-coloured clay Altitude: 50 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare Nero d’Avola 85 tonnes, 1.8 kg per vine Training system: vertical trellis, spur pruned cordon Grape Variety: 100% nero d’avola Vinification: destemming and crushing followed by 16 days of macerating on grapeskins, after racking, maturation for 14 months in Allier oak barriques used for 2nd and 3rd time

Alcohol Level: 13.50; Total acidity: 5.28; Yearly production 400 hl; Bottles availability: 50.000 Tasting notes Colour: purplish red tending to mauve Bouquet: the aromatic profile takes its expression from Nero d’Avola’s place of origin. Lively hints of fruit, sour cherry and ripe plum mixed with citrus, carob and liquorice, with a final input of graphite Taste: the structure is vigorous and flowing with fresh compact tannins. Acidity is also present, always important and present in the DNA of Nero d’Avola.

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Azienda Vitivinicola casa di Grazia indirizzo

The estate cover 60 hectares of vineyards, is located in Gela, an area in which wine growing has been practiced for centuries and that is particularly suitable for the production of high quality grapes. The company is directed by Maria Grazia Di Francesco Brunetti who approached this task with courage and passion, sharing her husband’s enthusiasm and bringing style and elegance. The company policy is to respect the characteristic of its territory and of the grapes, exalting their potentialities and qualities. Casa di Grazia wine selection is made up of two white wines and four red wines most of which are mono-variety

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wines. Gradiva Grillo mono-variety wine has great sapidity and freshness; with the delicate aromas of fresh fruit. Gradiva Nero d’Avola mono-variety, is a fresh, young and versatile wine; perfect for every occasion. Zahara Grillo mono-variety, has a simple and essential appearance but a rich and elegant personality.

Victorya 1607 Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a blend of Nero d’Avola and Frappato. Gradiva Collectio Nero d’Avola mono-variety, appreciated, excellent wine, rich of Sicilian character. Emiryam Syrah mono-variety, the Syrah grapes show their quality in this engaging and of great personality wine.

GRADIVA COLLECTIO - IGT Sicilia 2009

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Federician castle, Gela river Altitude: 120 mt. above sea level Exposuere: South Planting density: 4500- 5000 vines per hectare Training System: Spurred cordon Grape variety: 100% Nero D’Avola Yield per ha: About 6.5 tons Harvesting period: Third decade of September Harvesting method: By hand in small cases Crushing: Destemming and soft pressing Fermentation tanks: Stainless steel Fermentation temperature: 25 °C Duration of Fermentation: 8 days Maceration on the skins: 15 days Malolactic Fermentation: In stainless steel

Aging Tanks: Stainless steel Aging period: 12 months Aging in bottle: 6 months Alcohol content: 13-13,5% TASTING NOTES COLOUR: Intense ruby red FRAGRANCE: Elegant notes of red fruits with plums and blackberries TASTE: Rich and intense with sweet and velvety tannins FOOD MATCHES: Typical traditional Sicilian starters, based on paprikas and aubergines, Sicilian first courses like pasta with fish and wild fenkel; roasted beef or pork, baked tuna, or sward fish with potatoes.By the dessert, with recepies with peaches or nuts.

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Baglio dei Fenicotteri S.P. 19 Noto-Pachino, km 11.500 www.bagliodeifenicotteri.com

The Firm Baglio dei Fenicotteri is located in the southernmost part of Sicily, in the country between Noto and Pachino, and originates from the evolution of a family tradition, deeply rooted in the local territory. The Baglio is located on a small hill which overlooks and dominates the attractive nature reserve of Vendicari, destination and home of the elegant pink flamingo, and offers one of the most beautiful view of the South East of Sicily. For years the company has produced high quality grapes and olive oil: being able even more to improve, process and commercialize farm produce with a own brand name was one of

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the company targets. The firm’s aim has been the one to devote passionately to the research of the excellence in the growing of rigorously local varieties. Consequently the precise choice of the Nero d’Avola and the Moscato di Noto for what concerns wines.

The peculiarities of soil and climatic conditions make absolutely unique and not replicable the products obtained in this territory from native cultivars. Every produce is carried out in a system of controlled and certified organic agriculture. The attention given to the gorgeous countryside has always been punctual , for environmental, historical and cultural reasons.

Prim’Amore Passito di Noto - DOC NOTO 2008

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: South East of Sicily, territory between Pachino and Noto, districts Bufalefi and Sichilli Soil Characteristics: calcareous, pudding stones, clayey Altitude: mt. 70 m above sea level Vines per hectare: 4000 plants/Ha Training System: Trellis vineyard, spurred cordon, short pruning Grape Variety: Moscato di Noto Vinification: Late harvest of the grapes by hand and hand selection of grapes, gentle pressing, natural fermentation at controlled temperature, soft pressure (0.8 bar) at controlled temperature, aging in steel and glass

Alcohol Level: 17,5 % vol; Total acidity: 7,5 g/l; Residual sugars: 45,1 g/l Yearly production hl: 75; Bottles availability: 10.000 TASTING NOTES Colour: straw-yellow with golden coloured reflections. It is clear, brilliant and shining Bouquet: white pulp fruit such as, peach, apricot , plum, pear and apple, refreshed by floral scents and orange blossoms Taste: involving friendly and elegant- confirming refined seducing qualities and giving as a present sweet and balanced sensations underlined by a soft and warm taste

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Baglio del Cristo di Campobello Contrada Favarotta, SS.123 KM 19+200 92093 Campobello di Licata (AG) www.cristodicampobello.it Noble Agrigento lineage, in the year 2000 planted in its home by three fathers and daily raised. Dressed in the white colour of bright origins, the beginning of all things possible, sum of a hundred colours, the chalky soil of Baglio del Cristo di Campobello.

A 30 hectares of vineyard in Agrigentian Sicily, a single unit

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made of ten fine fractions, in a property covering 50 hectares in Campobello di Licata. Land spread across hills between 230 and 270 mt. a.s.l., and at just 8 km from the sea. Mostly 5,000 plants per hectare all sprung from the primigenial patriarch in its mother earth, all harvested by careful hands.

Lu Patri - IGP Sicilia 2010

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Contrada Musta Soil Characteristics: Hilly terrain, deep soil, mixed calcareous and chalky.

Altitude: 270 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 5.000 Training System: spurred cordon Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola 100% Vinification: Hand harvesting in small crates. After further selection, the bunches are de-stemmed then lightly crushed. Pumping over the must at regular intervals guarantees optimum extraction of the substances in the skins. Maceration for c. 18 days in temperature controlled conditions. Fourteen months in 225-liter French

oak barrels (Nevers, Tronçais, Allier), one-third new, and a minimum of twelve months in bottle.

Alcohol Level: 14% in Vol.; Total acidity: 5,50 g/l; Residual sugars: 2,8 g/l.

Yearly production 143 hl; Bottles availability: 19.116 Tasting notes Colour: ruby red Bouquet: Balsamic notes, together with aromatic herbs, blackberries and sour cherries.

Taste: Round and smooth, with elegant tannins and lots of flavor. Warm and complex character, caressing and spicy, with and underlay of elegant, licorice-coated tannins.

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Baglio di pianetto Srl Via Francia snc Loc. Pianetto 90030 Santa Cristina Gela (PA) www.bagliodipianetto.com The emotional flow made of creativity and tenacity, of confidence and human warmth, has oriented the choices of Conte Paolo Marzotto towards the foundation of a Sicilian Chateau, Baglio di Pianetto, in 1997. The winery aims to produce high standards quality wines by basing its production on the exact equilibrium between tradition and innovation. Behind the 160 hectares of land where we grow native and international grapes of unique characteristics, is our consciousness that the wine is born and developed in the countryside and not in cellars. As of today the property comprises approximately 160 hectares of vineyards,

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divided into two different estates: the first one is Pianetto, located in Santa Cristina Gela close to Palermo (North-West of Sicily) at 650 mt. a.s.l., and the second one is Baroni located near Noto in province of Siracusa (South-Est of the island) at 50 mt. a.s.l.. The Count Marzotto chose these lands because located in various microclimatic zones: from the altitude of mounts, to the proximity of sea where cherished by marine breeze. Their position, ideal in terms of orography, thermal excursion, rainfall and exposure, offers the opportunity to produce peculiar wines of balanced flavours and pleasantness.

CEMBALI NERO D’AVOLA - IGT SICILIA 2007

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Baroni estate, Noto (SR) Soil Characteristics: Slightly sloping ground with an optimum presence of limestone.

Altitude: 50 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 8265 Training System: Sapling Grape Variety: Nero D’Avola Vinification: The grapes were harvested by hand and after the grading, they were destemmed and pressed.

The fermentation and maceration took place at even temperature for 12 days, following a traditional method of pumping over and stir up at controlled temperature. The maturation took

place in new Allier oak barriques of 225 litres followed by a period of bottle ageing.

Alcohol Level: 14,5% ; Total acidity: 7,10 g/l; Residual sugars: 2 g/l Yearly production 150 Hl; Bottles availability: 20.000 Tasting notes Colour: Deep ruby colour with violet flashes Bouquet: It is very complex. The hints of black fruit and spices are moine with balsamic notes and ripe cherry.

Taste: It is full-bodied, warm, savoury and strong. It is a great and intense wine that expresses all the particular characteristics of the Nero D’Avola cultivated in the area of Noto.

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Cantine Rallo SpA Via Vincenzo Florio, 2 - 91025 Marsala (TP) www.cantinerallo.it

Rallo winery was built in 1860, the same year of the unity of Italy.

It was the time of Garibaldi and Marsala, the wine appreciated and exported in all Europe, protagonist actor of the Sicilian winemaking of those times. Today the history continues and it is renewed: Rallo is synonymous of fine wines, elegant and fruity, they reflect the tastes of the modern consumer in the total respect of the tradition and the typicalness of the western Sicily. In 1997

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Vesco family, already owner of one healthy agricultural company in the heart of the D.O.C. Alcamo, bought Cantine Rallo. With rigorous cure of the details, constant searches of the perfection and the equilibrium, the family, which in the cultivation of the vine has its own heads of force, has known to pick the important inheritance of an historical brand, transfiguring it in a modern and actual key.

Beleda CATARRATTO - DOP SICILIA BIO 2012

Technical sheet Vineyards Location - Production area: Alcamo (TP), Monreale (PA) Location of the vineyards: Patti Piccolo Grape varieties: Catarratto Exposition: south Altitude: 200 - 300 mt. above sea level Soil type: sandy and moderate fine texture Planting year: 1994 Planting density vine per hectare: 4.200 Training system: vertical trellis Pruning: low guyot 6 buds Yield per plant: 1,88 Kg Harvest period: middle of September Harvest system: manual

Press: soft pressing Fermentation equipment: steel fermenters Fermentation temperature in 째C: 15-16 Duration of fermentation in days: 8 Malolactic fermentation: no Maturation in steel vessels: 6 months Bottling period: 2 months Alcohol % by Vol.: 13% Residual sugar: 3,90 g/l TASTING NOTES Colour: greenish yellow with straw hues Bouquet: strong scents of grapefruit, peach and lime pleasant pineapple, apple and tropical fruits Flavour - well balanced and round

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Cantine Settesoli Spa S.S. 115 - 92013 Menfi (AG) www.mandrarossa.it

Founded in Menfi in 1958, today Cantine Settesoli has 2,000 partners, a 6,000-hectare vineyard area (almost 5% of all Sicilian vineyards), three cellars dedicated to wine making, an annual production close to 50,000 tons of grapes, and a packing and storage plant. Settesoli is the largest Sicilian vine growing and wine making company, the largest vineyard in Europe and a wellestablished wine district in the province of Agrigento: 70% of the 5,000 families living in Menfi, Montevago and Santa Margherita di Belice are involved in the activity of Settesoli.

Settesoli’s research program provides for a behavioural analysis of a considerable number of local and international grape varieties of stocks of various origins, assessing the various growing techniques and adapting the single cultivars

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to the insular Mediterranean climate. The goal is to widen Settesoli’s ampelographic field and pursue constant innovation.

Settesoli’s varieties do in fact include the typical grapes of the Mediterranean, such as the Grecanico, Inzolia and Nero d’Avola, and other varieties recently imported to Sicily such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio, in addition to “innovative” varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc or Alicante Bouschet, which following some truly excellent results have risen from micro-production to large-scale cultivation.

The final products are distributed in Italy and abroad with brands Settesoli and Inycon, available from large-scale organised distributors, and Mandrarossa, top line dedicated for the HORECA channel.

MANDRAROSSA CARTAGHO - IGT SICILIA 2009

Technical sheet

TASTING NOTES

Vineyards Location: Menfi Soil Characteristics: Sandy, fairly loose-packed Altitude: 150 mt. above sea level Viens per hectare: 4000-4200 plants/ha Training system: Espalier Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola 100% Vinification: Maceration Fior 8-10 Days at 25°C Alcohol leve: 14; Total acidity: 5,85; Residual sugars: 1,85 Bottles availability: 90 000

Colour: Deep red with purplish highlights, distinctly brilliant and deep Bouquet: Stylish sensations of liquorice, plums and well integrated oak Taste: Full, balanced, and well-sustained by sweet, delicate tannins

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TERRE SICANE

Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

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Cantina Sociale Corbera scarl Contrada Luni - Strada Statale 188 Santa Margherita di Belice www.corberavini.com Cantina Corbera Cooperative was born in the 1972. Today we have more than 800 owners that grow about 1900 hectares of vineyards. Ours Vineyards are in the hills of the Belice Valley located in the municipality of Montevago and Santa Margherita di Belice, in the province of Agrigento, and Contessa Entellina, in the province of Palermo. This is the countryside that inspired Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa when he wrote the romance

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“The Leopard”. Our agronomists control the vineyards in all the course of the year and in the harvest time the best grapes, when perfectly ripe, are carried in our cellar to start the vinification. The grapes that we grow are: natives grapes such as Nero d’Avola and Catarratto and international grapes like Chardonnay and Merlot. Our mission is to produce only quality wines while giving our customers the best value for their money.

Le contrade syrah casalbianco - IGP Sicilia 2011

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Santa Margherita di Belice - Montevago - Contessa Entellina.

Altitude: 400 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4500 Training System: Guyot short pruning methods Grape Variety: Syrah Vinification: Selection of the best grapes gathered in crates when perfectly ripe; delivery to the co-operative; Afther destemming-soft crushing the selction of the best grapes gathered in crates when perfectly ripe; delivery after destemming soft crushing the grapes are vinified in stainless stelle at 28 °C and with skin contact for about 10 days. The the wine aged in french oak barrels for one year.

Alcohol Level: 14.00% VOL ; Total acidity: 5.30; Residual sugars: 2.5gr/lt (DRY) Yearly production: 160 hl; Bottles availability: 22.000 TASTING NOTES Colour: Intense ruby-red colour Bouquet: At nose it has fruity hints of cherry, blackberry and mulberry with a distinctive spicy note.

Taste: The flavours are well-structured, full and persistent. There is a great equilibrium between alcohol and soft tannins and correnspondence between the nose an the mouth.

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Isole Eolie

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Caruso & Minini SPA Via Salemi 3 www.carusoeminini.it

The aim of Stefano Caruso and Mario Minini is to produce wines that are capable to create a unique experience to the consumer for their originality, character and elegance. Priceless heritage are the two vineyards Giummarella and Cutaja belonging to the Caruso family for three generations: a total hectares lying on a group of hills between Salemi and Marsala. The variety of soils, the different winds, and the exposure to light as well as the varying altitudes obligate us to differenciate different types of

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training system in order to achieve the best mix of land, climate and grapes. The entire production takes place in an old “baglio” in the heart of the traditional wine cellar area of Marsala.

Within these ancient walls, designed and built at the end of the nineteenth century precisely to protect wine, the most modern technologies are at the service of grapes and must s, leaving to our passion and effort the task of obtaining and offering unique, original and surprising wines.

Timpune Grillo - doc sicilia 2012

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Salemi (TP) Soil Characteristics: Sandy, Clay, Limestone Altitude: 390 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 3100 Training System: Counter-espalier Grape Variety:Grillo 100% Vinification: Cryomaceration of the destemmed grapes in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature of 4° C for 4-12 hours. Soft pressing of the

grapes, static clearing of the must and fermentation at controlled temperature of 16° C in oak and acacia tonneaux.

Alcohol Level: 13.50; Total acidity: 6.20 ; Residual sugars: 3.60 Yearly production 600 hl; Bottles availability: 24.000 TASTING NOTES Intensity and elegance are the perfect mix of this wine. Wide bouquet with a natural delicacy.

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MADONIE-CONTEA DI SCLAFANI

Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

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Castellucci Miano Montain Viticulture via sicilia 1 - 90029 Valledolmo (PA) www.castelluccimiano.it

Our lands lie at different altitudes between 650 and 1050 metres, situated along the slopes of the Madonie Mountain.

An autochthonous viticultural heritage unique for its history and manifest characteristics. Vineyards with an average age of 30-40years, antique sapling cultures combined with the more recent espaliers, cause them to become an exclusive and inimitable example of valorization. The philosophy of environmental sustainability along with natural and biological cultivation methods and the reintroduction of ancient local

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traditions, contribute to the safeguard and enhancement of viticulture biodiversity at a territorial level along with the achievement of excellent grape quality. Castelluccimiano has the rare ability to masterfully combine sustainable agriculture, experience and wine-growing tradition with the ability to envisage news stories capable of conveying, through the value of mountain viticulture, a true link to the territory to which the company belongs.

SHIARA’ catarratto - doc sicilia 2012

Technical sheet

Tasting notes

Vineyards Location: On the Madonie mountain slopes Soil Characteristics: half sandy and clay with alkyl reaction due to the limestone Altitude: 950-1050 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 70 q.li/ha Training System: Sapling Grape Variety: Catarratto 100% Vinification: white vinification method Alcohol Level: 13,00 %; Total acidity: 5,75 g/l; Residual sugars: 1,02 g/l Yearly production 100 hl; Bottles availability: 13.000

Colour: straw-yellow Bouquet: mineral, nice fruit, peach, grapefruit, citrus blossom Taste: good freshness, rich, good acidity, complex, nice little bitter taste en herbs, interesting deepness

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Isole Eolie

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Cusumano Srl Via Bisaccia Contradada San Carlo 90047 Partinico (PA) www.cusumano.it Cusumano is a family company managed by two brothers, Diego and Alberto, under the supervision of their father, Mr. Francesco Cusumano. They have about 465 hectares of own vineyards located in different areas around Sicily and produce indigenous and international grapes. Own vineyards means having the complete control of the quality of the grapes and therefore of the wine. The winery is Partinico, a small town close to Palermo. The first vintage launched on the market was the vintage 2000 during the Vinitaly 2001 and today the wines with the brand Cusumano are successfully exported in more than 60 countries around the world, from Germany to the USA, from Mexico to Brazil, from Russia to Japan and so on. In the world the image of the brand

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Cusumano is very Sicilian, modern, high quality, innovative and dynamic. The quality is high quality and the ratio price/quality is surely the most advantageous among the Sicilian wines you can find on the market. In many markets the wine is considered a “luxury”, Cusumano produces “luxury” within the reach of most part of the consumers. Cusumano is the only Sicilian wine company which had invested a lot of money in a project called VINO-LOK. VINO-LOK is a special glass closure which avoids all the problems of a standard natural cork, and at the same time assures the quality of the wines and not less important gives to the bottles an image of high quality.

Sàgana - IGP Sicilia 2010

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: San Giacomo in Butera (CL) Soil Characteristics: calcareous soil Altitude: 400 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare:5000 Training System: espalier Grape Variety: 100% Nero d’Avola Vinification: Elimination of stalks and fermentation in contact with the skins at a controlled temperature of 28°-30°C for 10 to 15 days.

Malolactic fermentation in 20 hectolitre barrels.

Fining for 12 months in these same, followed by further fining in the bottle.

Ageing: 12 months in barrel Bottle ageing: 12 months Alchool Level: 14% vol; Total acidity: 5,50 Yearly production: 2.500.000 bottles (26.000 of Sàgana) Tasting notes Colour: Intense and deep ruby.

Bouquet: The bouquet has fruity and spicy scents with some balsamic notes followed by cinnamon and pepper, blackberry and black currant.

Taste: Warm and persistent lovely finish.

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PALERMO-MONREALE

Isole Eolie

Messina

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Duca di Salaparuta Spa Via Nazionale - 90014 Casteldaccia (PA) www.duca.it

The Duca di Salaparuta Group comprises three historic brands that represent Sicily and Italy worldwide; Corvo and Duca di Salaparuta, dating back to 1824, and Florio which dates from 1833 and celebrates its 180th anniversary this year.

Acquired by Illva Saronno Holding and merged into a single group, the two old-established companies now constitute Sicily’s leading privately-owned wine-producing group, and their estates, historic cellars, and above all, their wines, provide a key chapter to the island’s history. Each of the three brands is a reflection of a specific territory and its particular features, and offers a complete range of wines to suit every kind of occasion and taste.

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Corvo is a legend. A Sicilian classic benefitting from 200 years of tradition, it obtains the best from every native vine thanks to its in-depth knowledge of the Island’s characteristics, and production processes focused on quality.

Duca di Salaparuta always reveals Sicily’s most interesting aspects in a unique, seductive manner. Florio is an innovator by tradition, revealing an unexpected world, a modern artisan with an intense, unusual and precious soul. Wines of the highest quality to be enjoyed on any occasion. Fortified, passito and sparkling wines to be rediscovered as an original aperitif, dessert or meditation wine.

Duca Enrico Nero D’Avola - Igt Sicilia 2007

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Central-South Sicily, birthplace of Nero d’Avola. Area of Butera and Riesi.

Soil Characteristics: Mixed calcareous-siliceous composition Altitude: From 200 to 300 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: Density of at least 5,000 plants per hectare with low yield per plant Training System: Bush-trained vines Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola Vinification: De-stemming of the grapes, maceration at 28° - 30°C. for 8 - 10 days followed by the malolactic fermentation.

Alcohol Level: 13,5%; Total acidity: 6,80 g/L ; Residual sugars: 2,10 g/L Yearly production: 22 hl; Bottles availability: 30.000 Tasting notes Colour: Ruby red with garnet red highlights.

Bouquet: blend of ripe fruit, irises and spices.

Taste: strong, round, well-balanced, with character, with scents of wood blended perfectly.

Great persistence.

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Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

Caltanissetta

Feudi del Pisciotto srl Contrada del Pisciotto 93015 - Niscemi (CL) www.feudidelpisciotto.it

Feudi del Pisciotto is located at the very heart of the island, just a few kilometers from Caltagirone and Piazza Armerina. The new vineyards were planted in 2002 and are located at roughly 250 meters above sea level and at 7 kilometers from the coast.

The winery includes a new building, the very core of production capable of processing up to 10,000 hectoliters of wine, the ancient Baglio from the Eighteenth century, that will soon become a resort of inimitable class and, when tastefully restored, the largest Palmento in Sicily. The name of this building derives from the Latin word “paumentum” which conjures up the movement

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of the grape press, by force of gravity alone. The first harvest of Feudi del Pisciotto took place in 2007 yielding extraordinary results for all varieties. For this reason Paolo Panerai, the owner of the company, had the idea to combine wine with fashion and invited the best among italian designers to dress these superb Sicilian wines. Part of the proceeds from the sale of these wines has been, and will be used each year, for the restoration of an artwork, chosen from the vast array of these scattered throughout the island.

L’Eterno Pinot Nero - Igt Sicilia 2011

Technical sheet

TASTING NOTES

Vineyards Location: Niscemi (CL) Soil Characteristics: medium mixture rich of skeleton Altitude: 270 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 6000/ha Training System: guyot Grape Variety: Pinot Noir 100% Vinification: in steel, ageing in barriques Alcohol Level: 13% ; Total acidity: 5,6 g/L ac.

Tart.; Residual sugars: // Yearly production 50hL; Bottles availability: 6.000

Colour: Light ruby red, with garnet reflexes Bouquet: Violets, ripe raspberry and currant with a hint of spice and tobacco.

Taste: Full-bodied with soft tannins a and a perceptible sapidity

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MARSALA-TRAPANI

Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

Caltanissetta

FIRRIATO Via Trapani, 4 - 91027 Paceco (TP) Italy www.firriato.it

In the early 1980’s Salvatore Di Gaetano’s passion for wine drew him to a unique place: Contrada Firriato in the extraordinary countryside outside the city of Trapani. It is a land, which bears the deep and indelible signs of wine-growing and the culture of wine, nestled between Trapani’s marvelous sea and coastline and the majestic rock on which the town of Erice stands. The FIRRIATO wine cellar takes its name from this area in Trapani’s countryside.

It is the vernacular term for the word “turned”, which, by some strange linguistic alchemic process reaches back to the clos of French estates. The logo created by Firriato seems to capture the entire universe in a clearly defined space, almost as if it were

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to protect what makes it so unique and matchless. Many prizes and awards have followed, but, most important of all, favor with consumers has grown steadily, allowing the firm to travel all over the world, because the world has finally discovered Sicily and its wines. The face and voice behind this entrepreneurial success are those of Mrs. Vinzia Novara Di Gaetano. After the latest acquisitions, the Di Gaetano family now owns six estates: four in the Trapani countryside, one on Mount Etna and, last but not least, one in Favignana, the largest of the Egadi Islands, facing the Trapani coastline.

RIBECA - IGT SICILIA 2010

Technical sheet

TASTING NOTES

Vineyards Location: Trapani countryside - Tenuta Pianoro Cuddìa Soil Characteristics: Calcareous - clayey Altitude: 150 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 5,000/6,000 Training System: Cordon trained, Guyot Grape Variety: 100% PERRICONE. Vinification: The vinification carried out in controlled-temperature steel tanks in accordance to the red wines tradition. The malolactic fermentation is carried out.

Alcohol Level: 14,5%; Total acidity: 6,58 g/l; Residual sugars: 2,01 g/l Yearly production 285 hl; Bottles availability: 38.000 ea

Colour: Deep purplish ruby red Bouquet: The superb raw material used to make this wine yields a nose of extraordinary fineness and complexity in which you can perceive scents of marasca cherry jam, blackberries and prunes with nuances of cloves, ginger, juniper, ink and liquorice.

Taste: It displays a structure of elegant aristocracy and Mediterranean lushness, the hallmark of a vital and crisp fruit supported by a precisely balanced acidity that never steps out of line, silky, caressing and dynamic tannins of great charm.

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Isole Eolie

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Palermo

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Le Terre del Gattopardo Via Stazione, 94 - 26013 Crema (CR) www.leterredelgattopardo.com

Le Terre del Gattopardo represent a magic place where all great civilizations have lived, giving rise to the unique, incomparable Sicilian culture. The land where Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote his novel “The Leopard”, which conveys the true essence of this corner of paradise and inspired our company’s name.

The traditions of this land induce a group of stakeholders to spread the products of their homeland and the culture of its inimitable people around the world.

Thanks to the company’s strong roots on this island, with its rich history and traditional heritage, Le Terre del Gattopardo’s

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prime resources are the human qualities and the culture of the professionals on its team. The Le Terre del Gattopardo’s vineyards are in the western part of Sicily, in hilly areas that are ideal for making excellent wines.

Thanks to the experience of the company’s partners and the contribution of expert oenologists, our wines are a perfect example of “the Sicilian story”. This is down to the masterly promotion of native grapes like Grillo, Inzolia and Nero d’Avola, as well as the impressive results achieved with such international varieties as Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot.

DON FABRIZIO - IGP sicilia 2010

Technical sheet

Tasting notes

Vineyards Location: Trapani - “Zona Fulgatore” Soil Characteristics: Medium Bodied Altitude: 350 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4.500 plants/hectare Training System: Upwards-trained vertical-trailled system Grape Variety: 80% Nero d’Avola, 20% Cabernet sauvignon organic farming cultuvation Vinification: Destemming and maceration in steel tanks at controlled temperature (max 28 °C). Ageing in 500 liters tonneaux for 16-18 months. Then in bottle for further 4-5 months.

Alcohol Level: 14% VOL.; Total acidity: 5,60 grams/litre; Residual sugars: 3 grams/litre Yearly production: 300 hl.; Bottles availability: 15.000 bottles

Colour: Intense ruby red colour.

Bouquet: Cherrie and raspberry jam notes Taste: Good structure, soft and velvet wine with a balanced acidity

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MESSINA FARO

Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

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Mimmo Paone Corso Sicilia, 61 - 98040 Torregrotta (ME) www.mimmopaone.it

Sicily: our land, our passion, our life. Sicily, the eternal sun Island, the home of gold coasts, lusty forests and dignified vineyards.

The place where the mountains meet the sea, a magical place full of art, history, traditions, emotions and of course the home of great wines.

The Mimmo Paone’s company was born in the fifties with his father Giuseppe, who gave to it that craftmade characteristic which still remains a seal of guarantee of a product that has been clearly renovated but is still linked to the flavours of the good tradition of Sicily. Mimmo Paone has inherited from his father his

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love for the land and the secrets of the trade, but he has added to it the will to obtain always the best from the generous nature.

Bringing out the local production, especially the Malvasia delle Lipari Doc, Faro Doc and the Mamertino di Milazzo Doc D.O.C., has been a way of distinguishing himself and of becoming, as the years went by, a point of reference for people who are keen on quality wine. Mimmo Paone’s firm can be rightly considered as an excellent wine producing company making that product addressed to wine cellars, specialized stores and high quality restaurants, in Italy and abroad.

PIETRAGREZZA - IGT SICILIA 2011 WTHOUT ADDED SULPHITES

Technical sheet

Tasting notes

Vineyards Location: Condrò Soil Characteristics: Soft Altitude: 150 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 70 ql Training System: Guyot Grape Variety:60% Nocera - 40 % Nero d’Avola Vinification: Ganimede fermenters Ageing: No aging Bottle ageing: 2 month Alchool Level:13,5%; Total acidity: 5

Colour: Dark ruby red Bouquet: Ethereal Taste : Fresh and smart bouquet

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Nicosia Spa Via Luigi Capuana SNC, 95039 Trecastagni (CT) www.cantinenicosia.it

There is no better metaphor than the Etna volcano to describe Cantine Nicosia: an ancient and solid Sicilian winery with a long history and ongoing commitment to renewal, with a love for rural traditions united with a relentless search for new horizons embedded into its DNA. Thanks to an ardent passion handed down from father to son for five generations, today the Nicosia family company is one of the most important Sicilian wine producers with a well-defined production philosophy: the utmost respect for the raw materials and the great Sicilian winemaking history, the development of the finest native grape varieties and the areas most suitable for

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their cultivation, an enormous care on work in both the vineyards and the cellar. Nicosia wines are a tribute to the heart of Sicily.

They embody the light and warmth of its Mediterranean climate, the strength and generosity of its people, and the untamed and exuberant character of that volcano that has both a destructive and regenerative power at the same time.

This is the Sicily that the Nicosia family brings to the world, offering a large selection of Sicilian wines made from native grapes as well as from international varieties that find the ideal terroir on this island, with expressions of rare excellence and absolute innovation.

Fondo Filara - Etna DOC 2012

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Mt. Etna (Trecastagni) southeast slopes of Mt. Etna Soil Characteristics: the soil is volcanic, very rich in minerals; Altitude: 650-750 mt. above sea level; Vines per hectare: 5000 Training System: vertical trellis and spurred cordon Grape Variety: Carricante 60%, Catarratto 40% Vinification: the carefully selected grapes are cold macerated. After destemming, they are pressed softly. After a 48-hour settling process,

the juice is left to ferment at a controlled temperature for approximately 15-20 days Alcohol Level: 13 %; Total acidity:.6,0 gr./l; Residual sugars: 2.10 gr/l.

Yearly production 170 Hl; Bottles availability: 15000 TASTING NOTES Colour: Brillant straw-yellow Bouquet: intense bouquet with reminiscent of apple and hawthorn Taste: incredibly fresh taste with mineral notes, along with a peculiar anise finish ;

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VITTORIA

Isole Eolie

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Palermo

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Santa Tresa srl Contrada Santa Teresa snc - 97019 Vittoria (RG) www.santatresa.it

The Feudo di Santa Tresa estate dates back to the 17th century, probably to 1697, when it was part of the Contea di Modica, one of the region’s most ancient areas of wine production. The name Santa Tresa derives from the Sicilian pronunciation, which has shortened the name Teresa to Tresa. Nature is bountiful here, with the Sicilian sun perfectly ripening the best fruits in the Mediterranean basin. Lying close to the Mediterranean, Feudo di Santa Tresa’s vineyards benefit from cooling sea breezes, but at the same time they are far enough away from the sea (8 kilometres) to limit any damaging effect that salty air could

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bring. The soil on the estate has ideal characteristics: a 40 - 100 centimetre surface layer of light red sandy loam on a well-drained limestone base, which helps to guarantee a constant supply of vital water. Today, the Feudo di Santa Tresa estate has around 50 hectares of vineyards. The minute selection of the clones and rootstocks and the vine density (ca. 5000/5500 vines per hectare) means cultivation techniques can be simple, while at the same time strictly controlled. The natural quality of the vines and grapes is so exceptional that it would be foolhardy to intervene more than absolutely necessary.

Santa Tresa Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico - DOCG 2011

Technical sheet

Tasting notes

Vineyards Location: Vittoria Soil Characteristics: red sand Altitude: 170 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 5000 plants /hectar Training System: cordon spur Grape Variety: 60% Nero d’Avola; 40% Frappato Vinification: stainless steel Alcohol Level: 13,50.; Total acidity: 5,20; Residual sugars: 1,70 Yearly production 250 hl; Bottles availability: 40.000

Colour: ruby red colour Bouquet: red fruit Taste: soft tannins, easy to drink

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Tasca Conti D’Almerita Via dei Fiori 13 - 90129 - Palermo www.tascadalmerita.it

For eight generations, the Tasca d’Almerita family has dedicated itself passionately to nature, seeking to follow its desires and interpret its wisdom. Two hundred years of ceaseless experimentation in working the land, planting wheat, producing olive oil, creating Sicily’s largest private reservoir, have all been directed towards improving the quality of our work and its fruits.

Tasca d’Almerita remains true to its double nature as pioneer of agricultural innovation and custodian of farming’s most authentic values, all the while caring for and protecting our territory’s unique ecosystem. Regaleali Estate is the heart of the company, covering 1,250 verdant acres amidst rolling hills on the border between Palermo and Caltanisetta. Tascante Estate consists

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of two ancient vineyards immersed in a chestnut wood on the slopes of Mount Etna, in a volcanic landscape that emanates a special energy. On the island of Salina, heartland of the Malvasia delle Lipari DOC dessert wine appellation, our vines are part of the exclusive Capofaro Estate wine resort. The Sallier de la Tour estate of our cousins, the Princes of Camporeale, lies in the Monreale DOC wine zone, an area with a long-standing vocation for the cultivation of Syrah. Finally, the Estate Whitaker Mozia, the Phoenician island/museum in the province of Trapani, owned by the Whitaker Foundation, where Tasca d’Almerita experiences the variety Grillo in a unique ecosystem.

ROSSO DEL CONTE - DOC CONTEA DI SCLAFANI 2007

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Regaleali Estate, Contea di Sclafani, Palermo, Sicily Soil Characteristics: Fine clays slightly calcareous Altitude: Between 470 and 550 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare:4.000 as average Training System: Espalier Grape Variety: Nero d’Avola grapes (55%), Perricone (17%) and other red varieties among those authorized by the DOC (28%).

Vinification: Traditional fermentation in red in stainless steel tanks for 20 days from 20°C up to 28°C. malolactic fermentation totally run.

Ageing: for 18 months in 225 liter new French oak barrels (Allier e Tronçais).

Bottle ageing: 12 months before release.

Alchool Level: 13,5%; Total acidity: 6,6 g/l Yearly production: 35.000; Tasting notes Colour: Bright, intense ruby red Bouquet: Intense scents of spices, licorice, coffee and light fruity end.

Taste: Great elegance, with good freshness and silkiness, long persistence

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PIAZZA ARMERINA

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Messina

Palermo

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Caltanissetta

Tenute Agricole Maurigi C.da Budonetto - Piazza Armerina (EN) www.maurigi.it

The Budonetto Conti Maurigi Estate is on a strip of land belonging to the Piazza Armerina district. The baglio, or quadrangle structure overlooking a courtyard from the 15th century monastery, is immersed in pastures and fruit and olive groves. The terrain was never utilised for vine growing before due to the peculiar microclimate conditions, location and exposure which made growing difcult. In 1996 Francesco Maurigi followed his intuition that it was precisely this complexity of the territory that might

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foster quality vine cultivation, and so he created a winery and planted non-native vines. In 1998 Francesco Maurigi defned the oenological, structural and process lay out by planting international vines such as Pinot Noir and Viognier, steering the company towards a direction in quality with traditional methods.

In just a few short years Maurigi has become one of the most important Sicilian wine companies trading in Italy and in many foreign countries.

Coste all’Ombra - IGT Terre Siciliane 2012

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Piazza Armerina (EN) Soil Characteristics: Mixed Altitude: 550 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4850 Training System: vineyard trellis Grape Variety: sauvignon blanc Vinification: in steel Alcohol Level: 12% vol; Total acidity: 7,5; Residual sugars: 2,0 g/l Yearly production 200 Hl; Bottles availability: 20.000

TASTING NOTES Colour: Straw yellow with light golden hues Bouquet: Scent of green apple, mint and rosemary Taste: Long, fresh and persistent

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Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

Caltanissetta

Tenuta di Donnafugata VIA S. LIPARI, 18 - 91025 - MARSALA (TP) www.donnafugata.it e-mail info@donnafugata.it

Donnafugata was created in Sicily by an enterprising family with more than 160 years of experience in producing premium wines.

Giacomo Rallo and his wife Gabriella, daughter José and son Antonio are engaged in an entrepreneurial project that aims at care for details and puts people at the service of nature to make wines that increasingly correspond to the potential of the area.

The Donnafugata adventure began in 1983 in the Rallo family’s historic cellars in Marsala and in its Contessa Entellina vineyards; in 1989 Donnafugata arrived on the island of Pantelleria where it started to produce naturally sweet wines. To date, Donnafugata’s overall production is obtained from about 338 hectares (835

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acres). The Contessa Entellina winery is located in the heart of western Sicily. On its 650 acres Donnafugata cultivates 17 different grape varieties, both indigenous and international, to produce complex wines with great personality. On Pantelleria, a volcanic island lying between Sicily and Africa, Donnafugata can rely on 170 acres planted with Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria) and a winery in the Khamma district. The vines, trained in the Pantelleria bush system shaped by the wind, are cultivated on small terraced plots bounded by drystone walls. An environment of heroic viticulture gives rise to the production of Ben Ryè, a complex and charming Passito di Pantelleria Dop.

BEN RYé PASSITO DI PANTELLERIA - DOP pantelleria 2010

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Island of Pantelleria (Southwestern Sicily); districts of Khamma, Mulini, Mueggen, Serraglia, Gibbiuna, Barone, Martingana, Bukkuram, Favarotta, Punta Karace, Begeber.

Soil Characteristics: sandy, originating from lava, they vary between subacidic and neutral reaction; deep, fertile soils, well-endowed with minerals.

Altitude: 20 to 400 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 2,500 to 3,600 plants per hectare (1,011-1,455 an acre).

Training System: the vines are cultivated by hand, each planted in a basin and trained in a low, horizontal, broad bush system with 2 to 4 arms.

Grape Variety: 100% Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria).

Vinification: in stainless steel at controlled temperatures; the dried grapes - added to the fresh must in several batches - are de-stemmed and

selected by hand and. During maceration, the dried grapes release their extraordinary legacy of sweetness, freshness and a very personal aroma. Aging: in stainless steel for 7 months and at least 12 months in bottle before being released to the market.

Alcohol Level: 14.36% ABV; Total acidity: 7.8 g/l; Residual sugars: 195 g/l.

Yearly production: 600 HL; Bottles availability: 80.000 Tasting notes Colour: Ben Ryé 2010 is bright golden in color with amber glints Bouquet: to the nose its refined aroma shows notes of apricot, candied orange zest, fig, orange blossoms, aromatic and Mediterranean herbs.

Taste: To the palate it is soft and enveloping and its sweetness is perfectly balanced by a sapid, crisp vein. Complex and elegant it displays a very long aromatic persistence.

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Vinexpo, Bordeaux 16/20 JUNE

TERRE SICANE

Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

Caltanissetta

Tenimenti Zabù srl S.S. 188 - C.da Anguilla 92017 Sambuca di Sicilia (AG) www.zabu.it Vigneti Zabù is a fairly young winery set up 5 years ago in the town of Sambuca di Sicilia, one of the most noble areas for Sicilian vinegrowing. The vineyards are situated in the hills above lake Arancio, the water of this lake is a vital nourishment for the vineyards during the hot Summer months and allows the grapes to reach the perfect ripening. The winery is a local vinegrowers’ Association and an exclusive partner of ours, but very often in Southern Italy Associations like these have wonderful vineyards

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and up to date tecnology but know very little about markets and consumers’ tastes and have very few business skills. Last year Zabù became part of the Farnese Group, fulfilling the strategic alliance previously formed with Cantina Cellaro, the whole project headed by winemaker Filippo Baccalaro who had started it all 5 years ago. Recently the winery has set up a new programme of selection of the vineyards to try to further improve the excellent quality of the wines.

Il Passo - IGT Terre Siciliane 2012 Nerello Mascalese - Nero D’Avola

Technical sheet Vineyards Location: Sambuca di Sicilia Soil Characteristics: tending to clay Altitude: 400-600 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4500-6000 vines per hectare Training System: Guyot Grape Variety: Nerello Mascalese 60% - Nero D’Avola 40% Vinification: The grapes are cut so as to allow a natural withering of the grapes which increase the amount of sugar, thanks to the Sicilian hot sun and to the wind that comes from Africa.

After about 15-20 days, the grapes have lost about 15-20% of their weight and are then pressed.

Fermentation on skins. After a long maceration, the wine is then put into barriques made of French and American oak and is left for about 6 months.

Ageing: oak barrique Alchool Level: 13,00%; Total acidity: 6,20 g/l Yearly production: 117.000 bottles TASTING NOTES Colour: Bright ruby red, vivid, full and intense Bouquet: Intense aroma of red fruits, spices and red flowers Taste: Warm, full, soft and well-balanced, with aftertaste of red fruits during the ending

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Isole Eolie

Messina

Palermo

Trapani Isole Egadi

Caltanissetta

Terre di Giurfo srl Via Monti Iblei, 7 97010 Roccazzo (Chiaramonte Gulfi) RG www.terredigiurfo.it Accurate research, attentive interpretation of wine’s historical routes and care of high quality: this is the philosophy of Terre di Giurfo. The company was founded in 2001 by Guglielmo Alessi and his wife Giuseppina Giusino.

The cantina is located in Contrada Giurfo in South Eastern Sicily, in the Province of Ragusa, in the magic, silent and old Dirillo river valley. It is spread for 90 acres of precious land that have

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given for years fine and tasteful grapes. Presently 35 acres are cultivated by espalier system.

To assure quality to their wines, Terre di Giurfo counts on the experience of a qualified oenologist and a professional staff, on the use of thermo controlled wine-making techniques and on the constant overseeing of the whole wine-making process, from harverst to bottling.

Belsito - DOC Vittoria 2012

Technical sheet

Tasting notes

Vineyards Location: Licodia Eubea (CT) Soil Characteristics: Medium texture soil tending to compact, interspersed with limy tufa Altitude: 550 mt. above sea level Vines per hectare: 4000/5000 plants per hectare Training System: Espalier Grape Variety:100% Frappato Vinification: In red with maceration on skins Alcohol Level:13%; Total acidity: 5,4 g/l; Residual sugars:1,5g/l Yearly production 150 hl; Bottles availability: 20000

Colour: Clear ruby red Bouquet: Intense, persistent and spice with an accent of red berry Taste: Full bodied, and tannic

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Born in sicily - liquori Vinexpo, Bordeaux 16/20 JUNE

LIMONIO Contrada Ingastona 90047 Partinico (PA) e-mail:limonio@libero.it For generations, on fifty hectares of rolling hills in Partinico, one family has continued the original vision and success of their grandfather Vincenzo. Limonio is now he creation of that man, who turned his passion for the land into an industry. The success of Limonio is a result of the same love of the land that has been passed on from one generation to the next. Great attention was paid to the care of those trees and vines in a bio, organic certified method, starting with the selection of plants, finding the perfect cultivar, and onto the harvest of the fruit and the final preparation of the product. Bottling and labeling is the end result of a blend

of nature and experience transmitted through a culture made of passion and health, of simple and genuine flavors unaltered by time. The meticulous care added to the high level of raw materials makes the products of Limonio, so wonderful and unique, as they are Sicilian products of prestige and quality made with simple ingredients, without the use of preservatives, coloring, or chemical additives. Limonio produces many products, including liqueurs made from lemon, prickly pear, mandarin, orange, black mulberry, cinnamon, and spices. Limonio also produces extra virgin olive oil.

Cinnamon Liqueur

Liqueur of 32% of alcohol made by infusion of cinnamon.

INGREDIENTS Cinnamon, alcohol obtained from the distillation of sicilian grapes, sugar and water.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Colour: deep amber yellow; Flavour: delicate perfume of cinnamon; Taste: delicate, persistent and softly matched flavour.

AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL TYPOLOGY Bottles of cl. 20 and cl. 50 Packaging with cord and seal in sealing-wax It can match sweets, apple pie, cooked cream, cakes, dessert, toasted almond and chocolate.

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