In a good part of northern and central Italy, the dramatic improvement in the quality level of the wines has come about through the efforts of outside investors, of entrepreneurs who, moved both by ambition and the love of wine and the countryside many had lived in during the early years of their lives, invested their capital to regenerate estates no longer making wine of real interest.<\/p>\n
And, in many cases, creating entirely new zones with investments in popular new areas of the peninsula. The phenomenon has been less common in the southern part of the country and on the islands, but one major and important exception is the\u00a0Gulfi winery<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0Chiaromonte Gulfi<\/strong>\u00a0in the island \u0313s southeast, in the province of\u00a0Ragusa<\/strong>\u00a0to be precise.<\/p>\n Founded in 1996 by\u00a0Vito Catania<\/strong>, an entrepreneur in the chemical sector, the estate began its work with ideas which were considered radical at the time, ones which went against the grain of the conventional wisdom of the mid-1990 \u0313\u0313\u0313s but which, over time, have demonstrated themselves to be both avant-garde and entirely valid. Just to mention a few: densely-planted vineyards; the classic head-pruned training system for the vines, a decisive return to the past; the refusal of irrigation; and the insistence on much hand work and organic practices. in the vineyards. Important vineyard sites were purchased as, for example, Maccaraj, Bufaleffj, Baronj, and Sanlor\u00e8 at Pachino, long renowned for the level of their\u00a0Nero d\u2019Avola<\/strong>\u00a0and, as well, an old-vineyard at close to 2800 feet above sea level on\u00a0Mount Etna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.italysfinestwines.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gulfi-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nThe wines of Feudo Maccari<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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