Where is Cantine Fina and can you visit?

The winery is at Contrada Bausa, a few kilometres from Marsala in the province of Trapani. Visits run Monday to Friday and only by appointment, booked through visit@cantinefina.it or the winery's WhatsApp line. Four experiences are published, from a 50 minute cellar tour at 20 euro to a longer tasting of the top wines at 40 euro.

Bruno Fina is the oenologist who founded the estate with his wife Mariella in 2005, after years of zonation studies across Sicily that shaped where the vineyards were planted. Their children Marco, Sergio and Federica now work in the business alongside him.

Does Cantine Fina make Marsala wine?

No. The estate is based just outside the town of Marsala but does not produce the fortified wine of that name. Its range is dry still wine under Sicilia DOC and Terre Siciliane IGT, plus a metodo classico sparkling wine and a late-harvest sweet white.

Which wines are Sicilia DOC and which are Terre Siciliane IGT?

The Grillo bottlings Kebrilla and Firma del Tempo Riserva, and the Bausa Nero d'Avola, carry Sicilia DOC. The Zibibbo, Viognier, Traminer, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot wines are bottled as Terre Siciliane IGT, along with the Caro Maestro red, the MaKiSe frizzante and the El Aziz late harvest.

What are Kebrilla, Taif and Kike?

Kebrilla is the estate's Grillo, aged 20 per cent in barrique and 80 per cent in steel. Taif is a dry Zibibbo raised in steel with six months in bottle. Kike blends Traminer Aromatico with Sauvignon Blanc, also steel raised, and all three come from vineyards in western Sicily.

Does the estate make a sparkling wine?

Yes, a Pas Dose metodo classico from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero that spends 36 months on the lees after refermenting in bottle. There is also MaKiSe, a naturally frizzante wine bottled as Terre Siciliane IGT.

Casa Vinicola Fina

Sicily, Italy

Cantine Fina works from a low hill in Contrada Bausa, just outside Marsala at the western end of Sicily, where the oenologist Bruno Fina and his wife Mariella began bottling under their own name in 2005. Their three children, Marco, Sergio and Federica, now run the estate with him. The range divides between Sicilia DOC varietals such as the Kebrilla Grillo and the Bausa Nero d'Avola, and Terre Siciliane IGT bottlings from Zibibbo, Viognier, Traminer and Merlot, with a metodo classico and a late-harvest sweet wine at the edges.

Sicily
Est. 2005
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Experiences at Casa Vinicola Fina

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CELLAR TOUR

Ci vediamo in cantina

A short guided tour of the Bausa cellar, the entry point to the Fina Experience programme.

50 minutes EUR 20 per person

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FOOD PAIRING

Cucina la mamma

An hour and three quarters pairing the Fina range with local cooking, offered in Italian and in English as Mom is cooking.

1 hour 45 minutes EUR 30 per person

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FOOD PAIRING

I racconti del Maestro

The top of the range tasted against food matches chosen for each wine, the longest of the estate's standard visits.

1 hour 45 minutes EUR 40 per person

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CELLAR TOUR

Ci vediamo in cantina

A short guided tour of the Bausa cellar, the entry point to the Fina Experience programme.

50 minutes EUR 20 per person

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FOOD PAIRING

Cucina la mamma

An hour and three quarters pairing the Fina range with local cooking, offered in Italian and in English as Mom is cooking.

1 hour 45 minutes EUR 30 per person

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FOOD PAIRING

I racconti del Maestro

The top of the range tasted against food matches chosen for each wine, the longest of the estate's standard visits.

1 hour 45 minutes EUR 40 per person

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About Casa Vinicola Fina

Bruno Fina spent years as a consulting oenologist in Sicily before putting his own name on a label. The zonation work behind that career shows in how the estate is laid out: rather than one block of vines around the cellar, Fina holds plots in several parts of western Sicily, from sites at sea level to vineyards at 400 to 450 metres where the Chardonnay for La Stanza del Re ripens. The winery itself went up in 2005 on a rise in Contrada Bausa, a few kilometres inland from Marsala.

The planting mix follows the same logic. Native Sicilian varieties carry the identity, Grillo above all, with Nero d'Avola, Zibibbo and Perricone alongside. International varieties fill the gaps that western Sicily suits: Chardonnay and Pinot Nero for the sparkling wine, plus Merlot, Syrah, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc and Traminer for the still range. Harvest for the Grillo Riserva starts in the first ten days of September, with yields held to around 40 quintals per hectare.

The naming is deliberately local. Kebrilla, the Grillo bottled as Sicilia DOC, spends 20 per cent of its ageing in barrique and the rest in steel. Bausa, the Nero d'Avola, takes the name of the contrada the winery stands on. Taif is the Zibibbo, Kike a Traminer and Sauvignon Blanc blend, Vola Vola the Viognier, Mamari the Sauvignon Blanc, Hanami the Merlot, and Caro Maestro a red that sits 24 months in barrique. Two wines sit outside the still range: a Pas Dose metodo classico from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero with 36 months on the lees, and El Aziz, a late-harvest white bottled as Terre Siciliane IGT.

The cellar is open to visitors from Monday to Friday, strictly by appointment, under the Fina Experience programme. The shortest visit is a 50 minute guided cellar tour at 20 euro a head; two longer sessions of an hour and three quarters pair the wines with local food, one of them, I racconti del Maestro, built around the top bottlings at 40 euro. Tastings are held outside on a terrace that looks west over the coastal plain towards the sea, and the winery also stages Jazz in Cantina evenings as part of the Marsala Jazz Festival.

One thing worth clearing up for anyone browsing by place name: Marsala the town gives its name to Sicily's famous fortified wine, but that is not what this estate makes. Everything here is dry still wine, sparkling wine or a sweet late harvest, split between the island-wide Sicilia DOC and the broader Terre Siciliane IGT. The bottles listed on this page come from both tiers, with the Grillo and Nero d'Avola under DOC and most of the varietal whites under IGT.

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Contrada Bausa snc, 91025 Marsala, Trapani

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What Casa Vinicola Fina makes

Casa Vinicola Fina's current bottle selection is led by Sicilia DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Chardonnay and Grillo.

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Key grapes

Chardonnay is a white grape with a clear Italian role: Franciacorta DOCG and Alta Langa DOCG include it in metodo classico sparkling wines, while Sicilia DOC gives it a warmer still-wine voice.

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Widespread in western Sicily, the indigenous Grillo (GREE-loh) grape is a key component in the production of Marsala wines.

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Merlot is a red grape with a serious Italian footprint: Bolgheri DOC, Bolgheri Rosso, Cortona DOC, Suvereto DOCG, Rubicone IGT and Montello Rosso DOCG form its Italian map.

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Nero d'Avola (Neh-roh DAH-voh-lah) is the most widespread grape variety in Sicily.

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Common questions

The winery is at Contrada Bausa, a few kilometres from Marsala in the province of Trapani. Visits run Monday to Friday and only by appointment, booked through [email protected] or the winery's WhatsApp line. Four experiences are published, from a 50 minute cellar tour at 20 euro to a longer tasting of the top wines at 40 euro.
Bruno Fina is the oenologist who founded the estate with his wife Mariella in 2005, after years of zonation studies across Sicily that shaped where the vineyards were planted. Their children Marco, Sergio and Federica now work in the business alongside him.
No. The estate is based just outside the town of Marsala but does not produce the fortified wine of that name. Its range is dry still wine under Sicilia DOC and Terre Siciliane IGT, plus a metodo classico sparkling wine and a late-harvest sweet white.
The Grillo bottlings Kebrilla and Firma del Tempo Riserva, and the Bausa Nero d'Avola, carry Sicilia DOC. The Zibibbo, Viognier, Traminer, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot wines are bottled as Terre Siciliane IGT, along with the Caro Maestro red, the MaKiSe frizzante and the El Aziz late harvest.
Kebrilla is the estate's Grillo, aged 20 per cent in barrique and 80 per cent in steel. Taif is a dry Zibibbo raised in steel with six months in bottle. Kike blends Traminer Aromatico with Sauvignon Blanc, also steel raised, and all three come from vineyards in western Sicily.
Yes, a Pas Dose metodo classico from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero that spends 36 months on the lees after refermenting in bottle. There is also MaKiSe, a naturally frizzante wine bottled as Terre Siciliane IGT.

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