Cantina Chitarra Srl

Cantina chitarra is a cooperative company with very deep roots in our territory.
The winery was founded in 1907 and the main activity was the production of wine to be sold as bulk.
The farm was built on this hill from which you can observe a wonderful vall of vineyards.

Winery management changes in 2012, thanks to winemaker giacomo manzo.
His idea was to focus on wine tourism and to replace bulk wine production with bottled wine. From 2017 to 2019 work is completed on the construction of the tasting room and this terrace with panoramic views.
Inside our tasting room you can observe all the colors and characteristics of the soils surrounding the winery.

Both the terrace and the tasting room are adorned with these round stones that we call cuti. The soils surrounding the winery are filled with these stones, which is why we wanted to dedicate one of our labels to these stones. These stones are able to give our wines great minerality, sapidity and freshness.
Chitarra winery is still a social winery with nearly 150 members and a vineyard area of 600 hectares. Production is 75% white grapes and 25% black grapes.
90% of the wine produced comes from native grape varieties.

We produce almost 500 thousand bottles divided into 4 different labels.
We continue to produce wine to be sold as bulk but with a higher level of quality than in past times.
The new management focuses not only on wine production, but also on learning about the potential of our territory and our native grape varieties, so as to involve people from all over the world and make them understand the real value of the sicilian region in the world of wine.