Company Carlomagno

Our company was founded in 2009 with a very specific project, namely to take over the land of our grandparents and start cultivating ancient and organic products.
Our main crops are almonds, dried figs, walnuts and vegetables. We also cultivate vineyards with indigenous varieties in the Castrovillari (cs) vineyard area.
Within the company we have an artisan workshop where these products are then processed according to old recipes, using careful and still entirely manual methods.
In the historical centre of Civita is our wine cellar where the processing of grapes and a wine-making process handed down by Civita families who have been making wine there since 1935 takes place; our wine cellar is open to the public and you can taste the various varieties of wine inside.
In 2013, our project became broader and consisted of involving young farmers from the Pollino region and starting a collaboration in the sale of products and the search for seeds and varieties of ancient and indigenous plants. All these products are then collected in our sales point in the central square of Civita.

Quattrocieli Winery

Cantina Quattrocieli is a young Sicilian company, founded with the aim of producing excellent, fresh and genuine wine, in perfect balance between modernity and tradition. The wines are anchored in the values handed down by the family, which for generations, armed with passion and a deep respect for the land, has produced grapes of the highest quality.
The wines produced by the winery are made following a strictly organic regime, selecting the native grape varieties that best express and adapt to the terroir. Attention to detail and the use of only indigenous yeasts allow the creation of authentic wines with the colours, notes and aromas that most evoke Sicily. Moreover, all wines are made by refusing the use of pesticides, artificial fertilisers and herbicides.

Wine for Cantina Quattrocieli represents, above all, conviviality and hospitality, which is why the winery happily opens the doors of its cellar to all those who want to discover its history and explore first-hand how the wines are produced. All guests are offered the chance to immerse themselves in a unique place and become winemakers for a day.

Experiential activities at the Qattrocieli Winery

Through a series of activities, the winery allows visitors to discover the enchantment and magic hidden in Sicilian wines through the following experiences:

QUATTROCIELI EXPERIENCE

- Visit of the winery, narration of the company's history, explanation of the main winemaking processes also by video, with a special focus on the processes that are in progress during the visit

- Sensory tasting of 3 estate wines

- Taste of local cold meats and cheeses and bruschetta

- Bottling, corking and labelling a bottle of their favourite wine during the tasting. the guest will have the opportunity to personalise the label with their name and the date of the visit, so that they will have an indelible memory of their visit to the winery.

PICNIC

- Visit of the winery, telling the company's story

- Tasting of 3 wines

- A picnic basket with local delicacies (typical cured meats and cheeses, vegetable couscous, cunsato bread, caponata, seasonal fruit) to enjoy a regenerating picnic and admire a splendid panorama.

Florio Cellars

Fondate nel 1833 da Vincenzo Florio, le Cantine Florio di Marsala accolgono il visitatore all’interno di ambienti unici, che offrono un nuovo modo di concepire gli spazi della Cantina: non più solo un luogo in cui vengono prodotti Marsala, ma uno spazio che si apre al visitatore comunicando la cultura e la storia del territorio.

The guided tour inside the Florio Cellars is a journey that begins in front of the majestic giant vats, built at the end of the 19th century and still used to age marsala, and continues inside the three fascinating 165-metre-long barrel cellars, interspersed with 104 arches, under which 1,400 barrels and about 600 casks and vats of various capacities are lined up, in which about 5,500,000 litres of marsala are stored in silence and stillness. After a thirty-minute tour through the barrel cellars, where the ancient tufa floor has been restored, visitors enter the state-of-the-art Donna Franca and Duca Enrico tasting rooms. Here, visitors are welcomed by innovative spaces, where the tasting of Corvo, Duca di Salaparuta and Florio wines is transformed into an evocative experience, thanks also to the pairing with a careful selection of typical dishes.

Entirely overlooking the sea, the Terrazza Florio is an exclusive space that offers the opportunity to enjoy the sun and the splendid Sicilian sunsets while tasting Duca Di Salaparuta, Corvo and Florio wines in extreme relaxation. The perfect location for organising events, leisure and business, wine tastings or exclusive evenings, the Terrazza Florio offers you the possibility of transforming every occasion into a unique and unforgettable moment, thanks to a breathtaking panorama and all-round service.

Viola Cellars

Cantine Viola è un’azienda vitivinicola dove poter degustare vini autoctoni immersi tra le atmosfere autentiche e genuine del Parco del Pollino e intraprendere un percorso enogastronomico unico nel suo genere.

La storia dell’azienda ha inizio nel 1999 quando Luigi Viola, appassionato di natura ed agricoltura, decise di commercializzare e far conoscere al grande pubblico il Moscato di Saracena, un Passito rinomato sin dal XVI secolo, la cui coltivazione e memoria rischiava di scomparire per sempre. La passione di Luigi e della sua famiglia ha permesso di sventare non solo lʼestinzione di questo raffinato vino da meditazione, ma anche la perdita della particolare procedura di vinificazione che lo rende unico tra i vini passiti del mondo.

Tutti i vini prodotti in Azienda sono il frutto di un laborioso e appassionato impegno che comincia nella vigna e continua in cantina, seguendo una tradizione lunga secoli.

La produzione deriva esclusivamente da vitigni autoctoni, in particolare il Moscato Passito di Saracena, unico per metodo di vinificazione e perché si produce soltanto a Saracena, tanto da essere annoverato tra i migliori vini dolci al mondo per qualità organolettiche. Uno dei pochi vini ad essere Presidio “Slow Food”.

Casal Dragone - Winery

Casal Dragone is a historic winery located in Contrada Pietrapenta, not far from the city of Matera.

Founded as a family-run business, it made its first wine label in 1955, thanks to the product of the vines grown on the land in Contrada Pietrapenta. Over the years, the wine production of the Matera hills was joined by that of another thirty-five hectares of land, followed by the opening of a new sales outlet in Via Olivetti.

Over time, the old family cottage has been transformed into an agritourism facility that has elegantly preserved its rustic appearance. Here you can immerse yourself in the history and flavours of the area and in the traditions of a family proudly handed down for five generations. At present, the Casal Dragone agritourism is a wine-growing company, with seven hectares of land dedicated to the cultivation of vines, pulses and the raw materials needed to produce the dishes served in the restaurant.

But the peculiarities of this place do not end here: inside the Company, in fact, it is possible to visit the Crypt of Original Sin, an ancient rock church with a suggestive and rich cycle of frescoes, depicting episodes from the Old Testament taken from Genesis and embellished with flowers and other decorative elements.

Info Pollino – Centro Escursioni

Con Info Pollino – Centro Escursioni, un team di guide professioniste ed esperte ti accompagnerà nei luoghi più suggestivi del Parco Nazionale del Pollino, dove scoprirai, durante tutte le stagioni, paesaggi sorprendenti per vivere esperienze autentiche circondato da una natura pura e incontaminata.

Il punto di forza di Info Pollino è rappresentato dalle sue guide: Adalberto, Gigi, Daniele e Alessandro, quattro amici nati proprio in questa terra dalle mille risorse e uniti da un fortissimo amore per il territorio.

Decisi a vincere la loro scommessa tra i monti del Parco Nazionale del Pollino, nel 2012 hanno inventato l’Acquatrekking registrando il marchio presso l’UBIM (Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi). Fondatori, inoltre, della SIAT (Scuola Italiana AcquaTrekking), dell’ASD Pollino Discovery e del CEAS Pino Loricato (Centro di Educazione Ambientale per la Sostenibilità accreditato nel sistema Redus della Regione Basilicata ), sapranno guidarvi verso avventure ricche di emozioni.

ESPERIENZE:
Le esperienze sono numerosissime e comprendono: acquatrekking, trekking, river tubing, rafting, mountain biking, ciaspolate, funghi e castagne, campi scuola, tour in fuoristrada

CON INFOPOLLINO SARAI ACCOMPAGNATO DA:
Guide Ufficiali ed Esclusive del Parco Nazionale del Pollino; Guide Ambientali ed Escursionistiche
Guide FIE (Federazione Italiana Escursionistica); Guide Acquatrekking; Guide Tubing; Tecnici e Soccoritori Fluviali; Operatori di Educazione Ambientale; Educatori Micologici; Istruttori di Nordic Walking; Istruttori Fiso per Orienteering; Tecnici Faunistici.

Completa l’offerta la possibilità di soggiornare o di consumare un pasto all’insegna dei sapori locali presso strutture convenzionate.