Corvo

 Founded by Prince Giuseppe Aliata Duke of Salaparuta in 1824,

Corvo became the leading light of the Sicilian quality wine industry.
By 1896 100,000 bottles of Corvo were sold round the world using
the latest French technology. The first Sicilian company to bottle Nero
D’Avola and use cold fermentation for white wines, Corvo is still one
of the leading brands in Italy and is the biggest selling brand in the
mid to high category in Italy.
There has been a huge investment in the last few years by the parent
company Di Saronno and the quality of the wines have improved
markedly, winning several Gold and Silver medals at the Wine
Challenge. The Corvo white is made from a blend of Inzolia and
Grecanico, both classic Marsala grapes and the red is made from Nero
D’Avola, Nerello Mascalese and Pignatello. Both wines are showing
well and are very good value for money. The white is made from
Trapani in the extreme west of the island, known for its couscous ala
Trapinese. The red is mainly made in the South of the island near
Agrigento.

The Duca di Salaparuta range includes the award winning Kados
Grillo, Lavico Nerello Mascalese and Paso delle Mule Nero D’Avola.
Sicily is still influenced by the extraordinary combination of Norman,
Byzantine and Arab. No better example of this is the great Capitalina
chapel built by King Roger in Palermo with Arab stalactites mingling
with gold Byzantine mosaics and held up by Norman arches. Roger
included Greeks, Normans and Arabs in his sparkling court and this
was sadly Sicily at its greatest point in history.
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