Good evening everyone, I am Rosario Cuffaro, owner of Tenute Cuffaro winery in Agrigento
this is a family-run business
and was founded in the early 1960s when my father planted the first vineyards
At first our grapes were given to the wine cellars
then the company grew and I decided to expose myself to the market
then to take our product to various parts of the world
Our company is located in an area
where practising organic farming is very easy
as the climate is warm, windy and unfortunately with little rainfall
this allows us to manage the adversities of the plants
which in this area are very few
so all it takes is a little natural sulphur without chemical products
to cultivate in compliance with the organic rules
Before, only a few traders came to buy the grapes
or maybe my dad went to the cooperative wineries nearby
now it's people who come to us to look for already bottled products
people who come from all over the world and also tourists
because let's not forget that wine tourism is constantly evolving
and our project is to introduce our territories
and our wines also to the people who taste the products here in the winery
We currently sell in Germany, Belgium, France and recently also in the United States
The wine that strikes me most is our white wine
is a wine that we macerate and age in wood
It is a wine that has to be liked, it is only for connoisseurs
but it is a product of the highest quality
It is a white wine treated like a red
that macerates and then matures for 15 months in tonneaux
Tonneaux are 500-litre barrels while barriques are 220-litre barrels
and this makes the wine-wood impact softer
because otherwise the white wine would have a very strong flavour
and the organoleptic characteristics of the vines in our area would be distorted
Our plans for the future? always strive for quality
we must never stop and we must never say that we have reached the maximum
we must always try to do better
As for the near future, in addition to the still wines we produce
we cultivate indigenous grape varieties such as Catarratto, Inzolia and Nero d'Avola
which allow us to produce 6 types of wine
we will be ready to come out with two types of sparkling wine
and two semi-sparkling wines: a white and a rosé
including a rosé and a Nero d'Avola in purity
which, worked in a certain way, guarantees excellent results