Giuseppe Benanti, a pioneer of Etna winemaking and founder of Benanti Viticoltori, died yesterday.
One could not write or talk about Etna without mentioning Cavalier Benanti. Long before the appellation reached its current fame, Giuseppe Benanti was one of the key figures in the rebirth of Etna wines; he had always believed in the territory’s potential, surprising everyone in unsuspected times with elegant reds and whites capable of evolving for many years, first and foremost the Pietramarina.
At the helm of the winery he leaves his sons Antonio and Salvino, who have inherited from their father the great passion for the wines of Vulcano and who are carrying on his project with determination and ability, looking ahead and focusing on the enhancement of territorial peculiarities, launching new wines from single districts that tell the terroir of all four slopes of Etna.
To the entire Benanti family the condolences of the entire DoctorWine editorial staff.
