The Daino Estate. Bush-trained vines yield an organic Sicilian wine

The estate and its lands

The Daino estate vineyard lies about 20 km south of Caltagirone, near the Bosco di Santo Pietro woods. It occupies over 6,500 hectares in a setting of natural beauty and is tended using ancient techniques handed down by skilled wine makers over the centuries. Cultivation of the Nero d'Avola, Frappato and Alicante varieties produces Suber, a wine with a distinctive, intense taste, while the name comes from the majestic specimens of Quercus Suber (cork oak) which populate the woods. On the Daino estate i Vigneri Staff specialised in bush training tend the vines by hand in every growing stage taking care to protect the environment and work in harmony with the land. The vines are supported by chestnut wood stakes while the shoots are tied with biodegradable, environmentally friendly twine made from pampas grass (Cortaderia Jubata), which grows spontaneously at the margins of the vineyard