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Who: Gianfranco Daino
Enologist: Salvo Foti (cool reads)
Farm: 5 hecares
Where:   Caltagirone , Catania • Sicily - Italy 
Founded:
Land: 400 meters above sea level
Grapes: Nero d’Avola - Frappato - Alicante
Appellation:
Viticulture: organic / biodynamic
Training system: bush
Annual Production:

The wines of eastern Sicily have really come alive in recent years thanks to people like Gianfranco Daino with the guidance of Salvo Foti. Drawing upon ancient farming techniques of the region, all of the nero d’avola, frappato, and alicante vines of Daino’s are trained as bushes; the air circulates around the vines and allows for the growth of natural ecosystems in the vineyards. His vineyard borders with the Bosco di Santo Pietro woods about 20 km from Caltagirone, in the south-eastern area of Sicily. His vineyard and farmhouse are magically settled within the woods, home to many wild animals - fox, rabbit, wild cats, and an abundance of birds. The forest boast of old holly oak trees mixed with an abundance of Quercus Suber Oaks, better known as cork trees. These cork trees, are the same trees that provide him corks for his bottles and also give the name of his red wine.

While he does not have his own cellar, he is able to make his wines at a local estate. Gianfranco Daino is an award-winning winemaker committed to organic and biodynamic practices; the wine represents the care and passion of his hard work. As part of the I Vigneri consortium, where they take their fieldwork to a new level of care, the wine is made in the vineyard, not in a lab; true wine rich with sun and soil.

These are wines that epitomize the south-easterly area of Sicily. They have great depth, elegance and soul. They express what words can not, bringing sunshine to your heart and a feeling of needing to be there, in Caltagirone with Gianfranco sharing a meal, some moments in time, and definitely a few glasses of his wines by the vineyard.

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