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A brand of Caviro, not an estate
A light, dry Sicilian white from Caviro's Terre Forti brand: Grecanico and Pinot Grigio, kept in steel, 12% alcohol, green apple and grapefruit. Sold without a vintage by the one shop on this page, at about £9.40.
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Grecanico is Soave's Garganega under a Sicilian name, a late-ripening, tangy grape. Pinot Grigio adds the softer pear fruit. Fermented at a controlled temperature and kept in steel, nothing in the glass comes from oak.
Green apple and pear first, then a grapefruit edge. Straw yellow with green glints in the glass. Grecanico, the tangy late-ripening grape that is Soave's Garganega under a Sicilian name, gives the citrus lift. Pinot Grigio gives the softer pear.
Citrusy fruit
Grapefruit
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PearLight in body and dry, with crisp acidity and 12% alcohol. It is fermented at a controlled temperature and kept in stainless steel, so the fruit stays clean and there is no oak at all. Green apple runs through the middle.
Clean and tangy, with grapefruit the last thing you taste. The acidity leaves the mouth fresh rather than coated.
An everyday Sicilian white from Caviro's Terre Forti brand, part of its Radici d'Italia range, for prawns, antipasti and a cold glass on its own. Drinkers score it well for a wine at about £9.40. Drink it young.
The one shop on this page lists it at about £9.40 a bottle, a reduced price when we checked, so there is no price to compare here. It is sold without a vintage year. Of that price, about £4.30 is UK duty and VAT.
Everyday, Beginner and Value are its strongest cards: a light, dry white with no oak, about £9.40, as easy to pour on a Tuesday as to serve with prawns.
Light, dry, under £10 and happy with simple food or on its own: a weeknight white rather than a special one.
Dry, light, fruity and unoaked, with Pinot Grigio on the label: there is nothing here to put a new drinker off.
About £9.40 at the one shop on this page for a clean, dry Sicilian white with a steady drinker score: good value for a weeknight bottle.
Crisp acidity and light body make it an easy match for shellfish, antipasti and vegetable dishes; it is too light for red meat or strong spice.
An entry-level IGT white from a large co-operative brand; it is for the table, not for a celebration.
A steel-kept 12% white sold without a vintage: drink it young, it is not built to keep.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Terre Siciliane denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
The shop sells it with no year printed, so we give no drinking window for a named vintage. It is a steel-kept white with no oak, and we would drink it young rather than keep it.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Terre Forti is a Caviro brand, started in 1995. Caviro is a wine co-operative based in Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna, with more than 11,000 grower members and over 36,200 hectares of vines across 8 Italian regions. Radici d'Italia is the brand's range of regional wines; this one is its Sicilian white.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Terre Siciliane is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Terre Siciliane falls within Sicily.
Terre Forti is a brand of Caviro, by its own account the biggest vineyard in Italy, with more than 11,000 grower members and over 36,200 hectares across 8 regions. That scale keeps a 75 cl bottle under £10.
The label carries the Terre Siciliane IGT and names no estate, vineyard or vintage. None of the costs of a named site or a held-back year sit in the price.
Fermented at a controlled temperature and kept in stainless steel, the wine is sold young, with no barrel bill and no years of cellar storage to pay for.
Of a bottle at about £9.40, about £4.30 is tax: £2.76 duty (75 cl at 12% alcohol, at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol) and about £1.57 VAT.
The one shop on this page has the bottle on a reduced price, so the £9.40 is lower than its usual price and may not last.
A light, dry white at 12% with crisp acidity: it works where a bigger wine would sit heavy. Prawns, crab and oysters first, then Insalata Caprese, arancini and a squid ink risotto. Hot chilli is the clash to avoid.
The crisp acidity in this light Grecanico and Pinot Grigio blend cuts the sweetness of shellfish and lifts a plain prawn or crab dish. A dry white with no oak, it never covers the taste of the sea.
Try with: Oysters · Crab · Mussels · Prawn Tempura · Salt and pepper prawns
Light body meets light food. A 12% steel-kept white sits beside Insalata Caprese, arancini and a vegetable risotto without pushing them aside, which a fuller oaked white would.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · Arancini · Pumpkin risotto · Trofie al pesto · More pairings →
Acidity and a dry, light frame cut through batter and oil. Prawn Tempura, Gnocco fritto and Fish and Chips all taste cleaner after a sip of this Sicilian white.
Try with: Prawn Tempura · Gnocco fritto · Fish and Chips · Arancini
Green apple and grapefruit in the wine echo a squeeze of lemon on steamed or grilled white fish. The Pinot Grigio pear softens the match, so it never turns sour.
Try with: Steamed sea bass · Baccala Mantecato · Tuna · Vitello Tonnato
Salt makes a tangy white taste rounder, and this 12% Grecanico blend is light enough to open before the meal. Potted Shrimp, olives and Pecorino sardo e pan carasau all suit it.
Try with: Potted Shrimp · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Gnocco fritto · Arancini · More pairings →
Chilli heat strips the fruit from a light 12% white and leaves only sharp acidity. Keep this Terre Forti away from curry-strength heat; a fuller Fiano or an off-dry Moscato d'Asti does that job better.
Skip with: Crispy chilli beef · Green curry · Kerala prawn curry · Chicken pad thai · Pairing guide →
Made in steel at 12% and sold without a vintage, this is a white to drink in its youth. We would not keep it; there is no oak and no long ageing to build on.
Pour it straight from the bottle.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
A steel-kept 12% white sold without a vintage: drink it young, it is not built to keep.
£9.40 for a 75cl bottle, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 03:43 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighThe name on the label is a brand of Caviro, not the estate that grew the grapes. Terre Forti is a brand of Caviro, the Faenza co-operative group: the brand's own website says so, and Caviro holds the Terre Forti trade mark in the UK. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.
Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.8 out of 5 from 67 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumAny advice here on keeping this wine is general, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand. Drinking years, where shown, belong to the vintage named beside them.
Confidence · MediumGrecanico and Pinot Grigio, blended as a dry white under the Terre Siciliane IGT label. Grecanico is the Sicilian name of Garganega, the grape of Soave: DNA analysis has shown the two to be the same vine. It is late-ripening and tangy, so it keeps the softer Pinot Grigio fresh.
Terre Forti is a brand of Caviro, the wine co-operative based in Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna. The brand dates from 1995, and its Radici d'Italia range gathers wines from different Italian regions; this one is the Sicilian white. Caviro describes itself as the biggest vineyard in Italy, with more than 11,000 grower members and over 36,200 hectares of vines across 8 regions.
Light and dry, with green apple, pear and grapefruit and a crisp, tangy edge. It is fermented at a controlled temperature and kept in stainless steel, so there is no oak flavour at all. It has 12% alcohol and is light in body.
Vino.com is the one shop on this page, at about £9.40 a bottle, a reduced price when we checked. With one shop there is no price to compare here. It is sold without a vintage year on the label.
Shellfish and seafood starters first: prawns, crab, oysters or a squid ink risotto. Its crisp acidity and light body also suit vegetable dishes and antipasti, such as Insalata Caprese or arancini. Keep it away from hot chilli, which makes a light 12% white taste thin and sharp.
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