Wineries

Gurrieri Azienda Battaglia Graziella

The family agricultural tradition thus becomes a corporate but niche activity, to produce wines of great value, capable of respecting the land of origin and enhancing it through its best fruits. For each label, small quantities are produced: about 3000 bottles. Thus was born the "collection" Gurrieri which becomes the reflection of the agricultural and peasant vocation of Ragusa. The family now works together to produce DOCG and Igt wines of Sicily, grows organically and enhances indigenous grape varieties such as Nero d'Avola, Frappato, Grillo and an international grape variety, Syrah, well adapted to the soils and the Sicilian climate. Father Vincenzo, Don Vicè, to whom some wines are dedicated, continues his work in the vineyard as a tireless and passionate worker. Mamma Graziella takes care of the administrative part of the company and takes care of the family. Her children dedicate the Classic Method Sparkling Wine from Nero d'Avola and Frappato grapes vinified in white, which takes the name of "Donna Grazia".

Avide

The historic winery’s activity has its roots in a history of sharecropping in a background of stamps and notary seals, about a century and a half ago.

The vineyards, in the center of the Contrada Bastonaca, the heart of the Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG, fall into that territory between Ippari and Dirillo, which since the ancient Greeks and Romans was known as Mesopotamium, place of origin of excellent red wines.

The marketing activity begins much more forward, in 1982, with the launching on national and international markets.

In a time when the Sicilian oenology was at the beginnig, the Avide winery highlighted itself by entrepreneurship, enterprise and technical knowledge established by family tradition.

The project was inspired by the lawyer Giuseppe Demostene, who was assisted by his son Giovanni, a notary, with the help of his son in law Giuseppe Calcaterra and later of his grandson,

the lawyer Giovanni Calcaterra: they, over the years, have been able to add value to a product that has always stood out for its excellence.

The growing awareness of the manufacturing know–how and the experience of an established winemaker, Giovanni Rizzo, have made possible the rise to fame, to obtain prizes and awards at national and international level.

Nowadays, the company is run by the same notary, with the aid of the young agronomist of the family Marco Calcaterra, whose task is to transform, through its professionalism, the company to achieve the best quality results and thanks to the help of the sales manager Michele Di Donato, to go the conquest of new markets, growth horizons.

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