Here the vineyards are located in Muranna, Dagala and Casalotto, on a clay hill near the Belice river. An important part of the 45 hectares, all owned by the family and cultivated with organic methods, is located in Chiaramonte Gulfi, where Antonio was born. A territory where the countryside is characterized by fences of white stone called “chiuse a carrubbo”, because of the great carob trees under which the animals rest. A landscape that inspired paintings by Piero Guccione and other painters of the Scicli school and that attracts many tourists, thanks also to the success of the TV series Il Commissario Montalbano, by Andrea Camilleri. Finally in the province of Catania Omar, Eugenio and Loredana were born and are growing up. “Etna knows our story”, explained Antonino Vivera, “it saw my family build this cellar which can hardly be seen by passers-by, so that they still continue looking to the landscape”.

A rich landscape composed of nature and history, protected by a park that starts from the top of the volcano down to the small villages, where the cultivation stops at one hundred metres. The only place, the volcano, from where you can see the sea while you’re skiing. Here there is the Martinella vineyard, where a particular type of Nerello Cappuccio is produced, blending it with the Cabernet Sauvignon from Casalotto, near Corleone. These places produce four different wines, three whites, amongst which the Etna doc obtained from a selection of Carricante grapes, and a red wine.

Wines produced with a mission, conviviality, and a family united by a Sicilian project. VIVERA. C.da Martinella – SP 59/IV – 95015 Linguaglossa (CT) – Telephone 0039 095 643837 – Fax: 0039 095 647942. Email: info@vivera.it; website: www.vivera.it. Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute