For 4 generations, the Calabretta family has grown grapes according to the fabled, centuries old traditions of Mount Etna; minimizing vineyard treatments to copper sulphate, using green manure and being strict and diligent with their winter pruning.

Calabretta has earned a superstar-like reputation on the island of Sicily. Thanks to the volcanic soils of Etna, combined with the dramatic temperature differentiation between day and night and intense daytime sun yield grapes of incredible concentration and perfect ripeness from their 60–80 year-old un-grafted vines.