Orestiadi Vini

Common questions

• Can you visit Tenute Orestiadi in Gibellina? add remove
  Yes. The winery runs guided tastings at its Gibellina cellar, bookable instantly on its own site in English or Italian. The shortest is the 45-minute Consagra tasting with three wines at 25 euro. The three-hour Burri experience adds a visit to the Fondazione Orestiadi art collection and costs 30 euro.
• Where is Tenute Orestiadi? add remove
  The main cellar is at Via Goethe 3 in Gibellina, province of Trapani, in western Sicily. The estate also farms a second property, La Gelsomina, at Presa near Piedimonte Etneo on the north-east side of Mount Etna.
• What wines is Tenute Orestiadi known for? add remove
  Native Sicilian grapes lead the range: Nero d'Avola, Perricone and Frappato in red, Grillo, Catarratto, Inzolia and Zibibbo in white. The flagship is Ludovico, a Nero d'Avola based red named after Ludovico Corrao, the mayor who rebuilt Gibellina through art. The estate also bottles an aged Marsala Vergine and Pacenzia, a sweet late-harvest Zibibbo.
• Can you visit the Etna estate, La Gelsomina? add remove
  Yes. La Gelsomina at Piedimonte Etneo hosts its own tastings, from a one-hour visit with three wines to 90-minute visits with four to six wines and local food. The 90-minute Contaminazioni Vulcaniche visit costs 30 euro per person. Several guided Etna day tours also stop at the estate.
• Is Tenute Orestiadi sustainable or organic? add remove
  The estate holds VIVA certification, Italy's national standard for sustainable winegrowing, shown on its wine pages. A few bottlings, such as Grillo Bio and Nero d'Avola Bio, are certified organic, but the estate as a whole is not.
• What is the Barriques Museum? add remove
  It is a permanent contemporary-art collection inside the winery's barrel cellar in Gibellina, created with Milan's Brera art academy. Resident artists paint the barrels, so the ageing hall doubles as a gallery. The one-hour Quaroni tasting includes it.