There are wineries that tell the story of the territory in words, and wineries that do it with numbers. At Salvatore Tamburello's, every label β€” 306 Nero d'Avola, 204 Grillo β€” bears a number that is neither a vintage nor a marketing code: it is the number of the land parcel on which that vineyard stands. A dry, almost peasant way of saying just one thing: this wine comes exactly from here.

The land: the Belice Valley

The company is located in Poggioreale, in the province of Trapani, in the heart of western Sicily, at about 200 meters above sea level and covering an area of about 24 hectares. Here Nero d'Avola, Syrah, Merlot, Grillo, Catarratto, and Trebbiano are cultivated, along with olive groves of Nocellara del Belice. It is a bright and breezy Sicily, where the vineyard breathes the Mediterranean.

The philosophy: organic, without shortcuts

The Tamburello tradition is five generations old, but their own winemaking began with the 2014 harvest, and the first bottles on the market were from late 2015. Organic certification actually dates back to 2010. It is a deliberately small reality: today the winery vinifies only about 15% of the grapes it produces, for about 15,000 bottles a year, in a slow and controlled growth.

The rest is consistency: grapes harvested by hand and placed in crates, very low use of sulfites and no addition of arabic gum. Until the 2023 vintage, wines aged in steel; from the 2024 harvest, with the new cellar, they moved to temperature-controlled concrete vats β€” a choice that gives the wines more matter and more breath, without the mark of wood.

The wines at Mr.Vino

With us you find the most authentic expressions of the winery, from taut and savory whites like the 204 Grillo to earthy reds like the 306 Nero d'Avola, up to the Syrah which here, under the Belice sun, finds a thoroughly Sicilian version. And for those who love bubbles, the winery also produces a Metodo Classico "30 Mesi" and a Metodo Ancestrale "756N" from Merlot in rosΓ©.

Thanks to Coravin technology you can taste them by the glass, without opening the whole bottle: the best way to discover a producer who deserves to be known one sip at a time.

Come and taste them β€” You find the wines of Salvatore Tamburello in the enoteca and by the glass at our Coravin Wine Bar, in Via Carlo Maderno 23 in Lugano. If you want to receive them at home, they are also among the labels we select for members of the Mr.Vino's Club.