Leone de Castris was born in 1665, during a period when revolutions both on the political and scientific sides took place, a winery which have literally seen and participated to historical changes for more than three centuries. On its part it has been the first winery to sell a rosé wine in 1943, whose name, on the alley’s army request, has been anglicized in “Five Roses”, a signature that has directly acquired a place in the Italian and international enology history. Through the centuries, production has been searching for innovation, new challenges, but at the same time keeping on giving space to those which are the original tastes of the land that hosts the winery. In this sense the 50° VENDEMMIA - Salice Salentino Doc Riserva - Leone De Castris is emblematic, both in the name and the content (100% Negroamaro), awarded with three glasses gambero rosso for the 2014 vintage available in our catalogue. A lively red ruby colour, with fruity aromas at first than turning to spices (licorice in particular). A the palate it is soft, velvety and well balanced, with mainly spiced notes tending to vanilla due to the oak barrels refinement, with a lightly sapid finale cleaning the mouth.

With the approaching of summer, even if tasty and filling seasoning still remains very tempting, it’s not uncommon feeling like eating a fresher but still flavorful dish of pasta. The Trapanese seasoning is a sauce that surely satisfy these need, as you can sense it was born in Sicily, precisely in Trapani, the ideal place par excellence for this kind of recipes. Indeed it is a territory rich in local fresh products, whose combination give life to decise, characteristic, natural and healthy tastes as it is in this case: Sicilian fresh tomatoes, evo oil, Sicilian toasted almonds and raw sea salt. And these are exactly, without any addiction, the ingredients of the Seasoning for Pasta alla Trapanese - SoloSole, a product for which theSoloSole company motto “Sicily In a Jar” could be nothing but perfect.

For the wine tasting space today is Rosso di Notri - Tua Rita moment, a Tuscan company which this year has celebrated its twenty-fifth production anniversary. Rosso di Notri is the introducing red wine to the winery, the more immediate, a Tuscan wine with elegant fruity aromas and an alcoholic hint, at the palate the fruity notes together with spices and herbs shades and a light tannin presence in the finale, which implies a certain aging potential

Italia Zuccheri is the only company in the whole peninsula to produce an 100% Italian sugar. Every process of the production chain i rigorously made within the national territory, starting from the sugar beetroots seeding, and controlled following strict qualitative standards with a precise aim: obtaining an high quality beetroot raw sugar respecting the environment in every passage. The attention and the care of all the processes allow to obtain a final product 100% Beetroot Raw Sugar Italian NOSTRANO- Italia Zuccheri completely Made in Italy endowed with a natural, aromatic and not excessive sweetness.

When we talk about Primitivo di Manduria and other Apulian wine varieties in general, Cantine San Marzano is a warranty both of quality and variety. The Apulian winery, indeed, not only produces many different varieties of Primitivo di Manduria doc, but it tries to experiment other wines too, always remaining coherent to the use of local grapes. And that’s how Cantine San Marzano Cinquanta Collezione is born, a name deriving from the minimum age of the vines from which the wine made grapes derive, a wine that literally tastes like Apulia. It could only be like this, with a blend of Primitivo and Negroamaro that gives fruit, spices and characteristic liquor aromas, while at the palate the structure is well defined and certainly present, full bodied, soft, but in a smaller dimension compared to the single variety primitivo of the same winery, making it more towards an important table wine (perfect with red meat and roasted meat) than a meditation wine.

Simple but tasty, the risotto of the day is gorgonzola dop, Trentino Speck Cavalier Umberto Boschi and Pistacchi Sgusciati Sicilia - Nama Mandorle directly from the Etna slopes. The leitmotiv is the same: high quality ingredients, even without particular cooking processes, can lead to a good level final result. Starting from the basis with Acquerello rice carnaroli, the ideal for risotto, the softness of the gorgonzola is paired perfectly with the decise and sapid taste of speck, finally the characteristic intense taste of the green gold of Sicily to close the recipe.