Wines

Malvasia delle Lipari - Amphora Euxenos igt

In ancient Greek the term Eúxenos means "hospitable to foreigners". This word was found engraved on some amphorae of wine recovered from a shipwrecked boat a few hundred meters from the coast of Lipari. In fact, in 1966 a shipwreck was discovered, dating back to 300 BC. approximately, not far from the east coast of the island. The boat, which ran aground off the Secca di Capistello, had dispersed its cargo on the sandy bottom and was inclined to a depth of 108 metres. The cargo consisted mainly of Greek-Italian amphorae used to contain and transport wine. At the time of recovery, many of the amphorae were still closed with corks sealed with resin and bearing stamps with Greek names such as "Eúxenos" and "Dìon".

Wine Analysis
APPEARANCE	Deep straw-yellow with golden reflections
PALATE	Full-bodied, rich, and velvety taste with pleasant fruity returns, well balanced by a trail of acidity, in a bracing streak of minerality
NOSE	Intense vivacity with hints of ripe white peach, candied fruit and toasted almonds that slowly turn into intense thyme and wild herbs suggestions, on marine notes background
FOOD PAIRINGS	Excellent paired with blue or medium-aged cheeses, poached egg with fresh truffle, oriental dishes, especially those from Japanese cuisine such as sashimi

Tenuta Di Castellaro

Respect for nature, man and tradition are the cornerstones of the philosophy that Tenuta di Castellaro has espoused since the early stages of the project. In Lipari, in the splendid Aeolian Islands, on the Piana di Castellaro 350 meters above sea level, supported by the ancient Quarries of Kaolin, an ambitious oenological and landscape project arises.

Tenuta di Castellaro winery is born from the careful selection of the indigenous vines of the Aeolian archipelago and from the recovery of a part of that territory that, over the years, had been abandoned.
The millennial tree, grown organically in the 20 hectares of vineyard, preserves the precious fruit that gives birth to sought-after wines with a unique taste, pure expression of the volcanic territory of Lipari, an unspoiled place that has welcomed us with its natural adversities.

Sicilia

Like much of the Italian mainland, Sicily’s winemakers have moved away from producing high-volume, unremarkable wines, to focus on quality wines of great character. Its dry, well-structured red and white wines could not be further removed from the sweet Marsala and Moscato of the island’s past, and this has not gone unnoticed by international markets that have never had such a thirst for Sicilian wines. Sicilian producers have paved the way for other Southern Italian winemakers to begin to exploit the country’s rich environmental diversity, with wines that achieve the potential first admired by the Greeks and Romans.