Wines and Typicality in the Lands of Frederick II - Augustali Farm
Naturalistic walk between meadow and vineyards, visit winery to discover the charm of technology and the warmth of wood, get to know the wines being made, product tasting, red and white wine tasting. Animal area, olive grove and organic citrus grove and aroma garden available!
The Activity in Brief:
- Walk through the vineyards, olive groves
- Visit to the winery
- Tasting a white or red wine from the tank
- Tasting of a wine from the barrique
- Tasting of a monovarietal white wine (Grillo or Catarratto) and a monovarietal red wine ( Nero d'Avola or Syrah)
- Brunch with five Sicilian gastronomic specialties
- Aroma garden, organic citrus grove, lawn and animal area available
ANTI COVID RULES:
Social distancing, sanitizer available, contactless payments
Wine tastings are restricted to persons of age, as alcoholic beverages may not be served to those under the age of 18.
Please report in advance any allergies and food intolerances or special needs. Entrance to the farm is allowed only if accompanied by the guide.
We are waiting for you in the gentle hill country so dear to Frederick II of Swabia.
Our welcome begins with a pleasant nature walk among the family's organic vineyards and olive groves: getting to know the attentions of the vintners, exploring the microclimate of these hills already anticipates some of the emotions we will experience with glass in hand.
Just a few steps from the Frederick II vineyard, we arrive in front of the winery's baglio to learn about the fascination of farming tools. Here we will linger in the winemaking area to get excited together to open the tap of the steel tank and taste a white.
Passing through the bottling area we reach the red wine aging room where we are scheduled to taste a red that we will tap together from the barrique.
My name is Finella: I am a mother of 4 children, wife of a winemaker and entrepreneur in the world of wine and gastronomy.
I studied and worked in Sicily between Palermo, Marsala and had some study and work experience abroad; but the passion for my land prevailed and, together with my husband we decided to bet on the family farm.
I had a dream: to create a place of relaxation in the middle of the countryside, where you can breathe family air, taste genuine dishes, enjoy good wines, and be in contact with animals and Mother Nature. In 2012, believing strongly in the educational and therapeutic approach of the countryside, I began to transform the family vineyard and olive grove into a "teaching" classroom and created the first Educational Farm in the area. A year later I accidentally approached the wonderful world of bees and since then I have become so passionate that I created an apiary, became a beekeeper and raise 7 families of bees; I welcome guests from all over to share this growing passion. But taking care of endangered insects was not enough for me and I ask for a fostering of a little donkey from Pantelleria to the Region of Sicily: "Quercia" arrives on the farm and from there I buy more donkeys; seeing my guests (big and small) happy to spend time on the farm leads me to take horses, chickens, rabbits, baby goats and other docile and tame animals.
But the other great passion, that for the land, the vineyards leads me to build the winery and produce authentic wines that are an expression of our territory. We make a vineyard in the hills for carriage rides, complete a tasting room among barrels and barriques . For 10 years I have been cultivating this dream and see it come true day by day and I would like to share it with you!
The Experience will last about 2 hours.
Availability:
- From January 1 to June 4 daily at 1:00 p.m.
- From June 5 to September 30 daily at 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- October 1 to December 31 daily at 1:00 p.m.