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Sole dei Padri is pure Syrah, maybe more than 100%, from a single vineyard, 400 meters above sea level. We produce 7,000 bottles of it.

The best anchovies for pulp and taste
Controlled fishing, fleshy and tasty pulp thanks to the greater quantity of fat, anchovies from the Cantabrian Sea are among the best and best known in the world. The careful craftsmanship of the fillets also sees salting and conservation techniques of Italian origin thanks to the Sicilian who was the first to discover their quality.

The best Spanish anchovies in terms of texture and taste
Product of controlled fishing, anchovies from the Cantabrian Sea are prized anchovies known and sought after all over the world. The characteristic that makes them the best is their fleshy and tasty pulp thanks to the greater quantity of fat. The accurate craftsmanship of the fillets is also based on salting and conservation techniques of Italian origin thanks to the Sicilian who was the first to discover its extraordinary quality.

Precious Cantabrian anchovy fillets from controlled fishing
Discover the best Spanish anchovy fillets, known and sought after all over the world. Produced from controlled fishing, anchovies from the Cantabrian Sea are prized anchovies with a fleshy and tasty pulp thanks to the greater quantity of fat. The accurate craftsmanship of the fillets is also based on salting and conservation techniques of Italian origin thanks to the Sicilian who was the first to discover its excellent quality.

Cantabrian anchovy fillets from controlled and MSC certified fishing
Only the best Spanish anchovy fillets, known and sought after throughout the world for their meaty and tasty pulp. Obtained from MSC certified sustainable fishing, the prized Cantabrian anchovies are processed in an artisanal way and preserved at perfect ripeness thanks also to salting techniques of Italian origin.

Meaty Cantabrian anchovy fillets from controlled fishing
Only the best Spanish anchovy fillets, rich in Omega 3, known and sought after throughout the world for their meaty and tasty pulp. Obtained from controlled fishing, the fine Cantabrian anchovies, freshly caught, are processed by the Sicilian company Balistreri in a manual and artisanal way and, after salting, preserved in oil until perfectly ripe.

Tasty Sicilian anchovies by Vaticano brand from controlled fishing
Only the best anchovies caught along the Sicilian coasts and carefully selected. Vaticano anchovies hand-processed freshly caught and preserved in salt according to ancient Sicilian traditional techniques by the Sicilian canning company Balistreri.

Let yourself be conquered by a glass of Passobianco 2020 wine by Passopisciaro, a Sicilian Chardonnay in purity grown on deep and mineral soils on the steep terraces of Contrada Guardiola at 850-1000 m asl. Passobianco 2020 is a vintage of excellent quality and it is characterized by freshness, good acidity and minerality. Its complexity is due to the combination of specific light conditions, temperature range, high altitude and volcanic soil that are found only on Etna.

Let yourself be conquered by a glass of Sicilian red wine, produced on the slopes of Etna. Choose Franchetti's Nerello Mascalese Contrada P 2020 and you will discover a particularly rich and luxurious Sicilian red wine from Passopisciaro. Contrada P, Porcaria, is located at 650 m asl and is one of the most desired Etna terroirs precisely for the production of extraordinary wines.

Contrada Guardiola or simply Contrada G of Passopisciaro is a red wine produced in Castiglione di Sicilia by Franchetti, one of the first winemakers to believe and invest in the extraordinary terroir of Etna. Contrada G is a deep and complex wine but at the same time harmonious and elegant. Great for important dinners.

Discover the Etna wines produced in Passopisciaro by the winemaker Franchetti. One of these extraordinary Sicilian wines is Contrada C, a Nerello Mascalese grown at 550 m asl on the north side of Etna. Contrada C, Chiappemacine, is the lowest of the 5 districts of Passopisciaro. Its sandstone soil, deeply calcareous, makes this red wine full, round and whipping, with a variegated and heady nose, with a surprising taste for its savory-tannic austerity.

Let yourself be inebriated by a glass of Contrada S 2019 red wine by Passopisciaro. Contrada S, Sciaranuova, was formed with the casting just 200 years ago and in fact Sciaranuova means "new casting". The red wine obtained from this terroir is deep, with a broad complexion, with a note of fermented hay.

Among the Etna wines produced in Passopisciaro by Franchetti, let yourself be conquered by the delicacy and aromaticity of Nerello Mascalese Contrada R 2020. Contrada R, Rampante, is the highest district of Passopisciaro, located at over 1000 m high, and the vineyards grown here they are over 100 years old.

This is a fresh wine, which should be consumed within two years. The name refers to my family's Spanish origins and we produce 75,000 bottles of it.
The grapes are equal quantities of Catarratto and Inzolia, fermented separately. The wines are blended in November.

The grapes are equal proportions of Catarratto, Inzolia and Grillo, fermented at different times, with the resulting wines blended in November.

Syrah is grown in different ways in the winery, depending on the intended use for the grapes, so these grapes come from a sunnier area than the first but have quite a different plant yield, in order to ensure a concentration that will make this wine ready to rest a year in small oak barrels, which have been previously used for our third Syrah.

Sole dei Padri is pure Syrah, maybe more than 100%, from a single vineyard, 400 meters above sea level. We produce 7,000 bottles of it.

This is the second red wine of the range and, unlike the red label Syrah, it is a structured wine with the typical elegance of a Sicilian Bordeaux blend, therefore Nero d'Avola, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. 

Let yourself be inebriated by Passorosso 2020 by Passopisciaro, a Sicilian wine from Etna fruit of the assembly of ancient Nerello Mascalese grapes, coming from vineyards in the districts (Malpasso, Chiappemacine, Moganazzi, Feudodimezzo, Santo Spirito, Sciaranuova and Guardiola) which are located in different altitudes along the northern slope of Etna. Vintage of excellent quality, Passorosso 2020 is a wine of the right balance and with sinuously fresh and vertical fruit, thanks also to a perfect phasing between technological and phenolic maturity. A complete wine in body and aroma.