Planeta

For five centuries, through 17 generations, the Planeta family has been committed to following the paths of agricultural evolution in a complex land like Sicily, with an approach always oriented towards openness and innovation. During the 1900s, it was grandfather Vito who demonstrated how, beyond the static management of land ownership, we should all move towards new solutions and new perspectives: he was the first, in Menfi, to attempt to transform the small family winery into a large social winery which, in a short time and with Diego's presidency, was then transformed into a collective heritage and a model of territorial development. At the same time as president of the Regional Institute of Vine and Wine, Diego contributed as a protagonist to Sicily's wine renaissance, transforming it into a large experimental laboratory, with enlightened consultancy such as that of Giacomo Tachis , Carlo Corino , Giampaolo Fabris and Attilio Scienza . In the meantime the company has grown. And around the Ulmo fort, where the oldest lands have been cultivated for five centuries, the spark arose to transfer this experience and new ideas into the project of a new company: here, in 1985, the first vineyard was planted . Two different generations - brothers and sisters, children and grandchildren - have worked side by side since that day, with the perfect understanding that derives not only from the harmony of characters and the complementarity of skills, but above all from the unity of vision: love for this land, the desire to protect it and the ability to imagine a new way to give it value every day. The Planeta winery owns six different estates in six different areas of Sicily. From such different soils and climatic conditions, totally different wines can only be born, which tell different souls of the same region: thus Planeta can combine typical vines such as Carricante or Grillo, with excellent Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon, in order to tell the story and the traditions of all of Sicily, bringing into the glass the poetry and bewitching beauty of this land which transmits multifaceted and equally fascinating characteristics to the wines.