Two Wines, One Grillo

There’s a grape variety in Camporeale that never says the same thing twice. Grillo was born in Sicily with an ancient reputation — it’s the grape of Marsala, cultivated for centuries to withstand oxidation and time. But in Camporeale, on the clay and sandy soils that climb up to 600 meters, Grillo shows another face: […]

Some People Stay

In Sicily, for generations, the more common choice was another one: leaving. Leaving behind the land of one’s grandparents, the fragmented plots, the toil of a trade that seemed to have no future. Going elsewhere to find what the countryside, alone, could no longer guarantee. In Camporeale, twenty-five years ago, a group of farmers decided […]

The Almond Tree Older Than All of Us

There’s a tree, in the Sicani Mountains, that as of a few days ago holds a title no other almond tree in the world can claim: it is the largest living almond tree documented so far. When the news reached us, Massimiliano and Gaspare didn’t hesitate — they went up to Castronovo di Sicilia to […]