When Salvatore Di Gaetano founded Firriato, he had very clear guidelines within which to develop his project: "Firriato was born in the late Seventies, the first harvest dates back to 1978, in a historical period in which agriculture and Sicilian oenology were oriented towards high production to create blended wines," says Federico Lombardo di Monte Iato, COO of the company.

"My father-in-law Salvatore was a pioneer because from the beginning of his adventure he aimed, going against the tide, to produce high quality wines." Exploring the potential of the "Sicilian continent" became the main mission, "ours is one of the few regions in the world where so many variables exist; six different orders of soil (there are 12 in total), a huge varietal variety, not to mention the pedoclimatic variety: ranging from viticulture practised on the seashore all the way to the high mountain production that is carried out on Mt Etna.