Rosé Wines

Sicily, the largest Mediterranean island, has more vineyards for wine than any other region. Its viticulture in fact, enjoys a series of natural advantages; hillside vineyards with excellent exposures, abundant sunlight and high temperatures to ripen the grapes and a range of native vine varieties with real personality.Carlo Pellegrino have been known as one of the leading Marsala houses for over a hundred years. Today some 50% of Pellegrino’s sales are for still wines and the company is considered to be one of the most innovative in the south of Italy. In order to give a greater emphasis and definition to the area of activity the wines are sold under the DUCA DI CASTELMONTE label. In the 1970’s the company was the first to market a range of wines produced from native grape varietals and they have continued to seek the individualism and character of the true wines of Sicily. This strategy is now payingdividends, as people tire of the classic varietals, tey are coming to respect traditional wines from Sicily. What customers are also finding, to their benefit, is that Sicilian wines offer fantastic value for money. Pellegrino/Duca di Castelmonte is 100% family managed and owned winery that has over 400 hectares of vineyard and whose wines are exported to every corner of the world