Southern Italy · Mediterranean

Sicily

One island. Many wine worlds.

Sicily is far too large and varied to explain with one bottle.

So we won’t.

Our current Sicily story starts on **Etna**, where altitude, black volcanic soils and dramatic temperature changes create a wine environment unlike most of the island.

As our Sicily portfolio grows, this page can grow with it.

Sicily in 30 seconds

THE GRAPES

An island full of local varieties.

Sicily has a huge range of native grapes.

On Etna, the key names include Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio for reds, with Carricante and Catarratto among the important whites.

THE PLACE

Our focus: Etna.

Mount Etna rises on Sicily’s east coast.

Vineyards climb its slopes through different altitudes, exposures and lava-derived soils. Even neighbouring contrade can behave very differently.

IN THE GLASS

Volcanic, but not one-dimensional.

Etna can produce fine, high-acid reds and precise whites with remarkable freshness despite being in southern Italy.

Our starting point in Sicily

Etna · Passopisciaro

Giuseppe and Valeria of Vini Scirto work vineyards inherited from their grandparents around Passopisciaro on Etna’s northern side.

Their old vineyards in Feudo di Mezzo and Porcaria grow in black volcanic sand, with Nerello Mascalese alongside Carricante, Grecanico, Minnella and other local grapes.

Our current bottle, Don Pippinu, moves the focus to Etna’s white grapes.

Carricante, Catarratto, Grecanico and Minnella receive only a few days of skin contact, creating an orange wine that keeps the sharp freshness and savoury character of a high-altitude white.

It’s orange wine, but not a heavy one.

Vini Scirto

Sicily at the Hong Kong table

Etna whites & light orange wines

Grilled squid, tempura, shellfish, vongole pasta, steamed fish and seafood cooked over charcoal.

Etna reds

When they join our range later: think roast duck, grilled meat, mushrooms and slower-cooked dishes.

Meet the growers

Vini Scirto

Giuseppe spent his childhood summers working these Etna vines with his grandfather. Years later, when many growers were selling vineyards, he and Valeria chose to keep theirs.