Casa Vinicola Calatrasi was established in 1980 by Maurizio and Giuseppe Micciché. The winery is located in Sancipirello, 30 km south of Palermo, Sicily. The Calatrasi Mission is: To produce and distribute high quality wines from grapes made from the Calatrasi estates, combining authenticity and international appeal.Calatrasi owns three wineries: in Sicily - Sancipirello (North-West), in Puglia - San Pietro Vernotico (Salento Area) and in Tunisia-Grombalia (Nabeul district). In Sicily Calatrasi has an establishment of 25,000 mq, a bottling plant of 12,000 bottles per hour and 4,000 barriques of French and American manufacture.The Estates in Sicily are: Ginestra (100 Ha in Monreale DOC area) and Campofiorito (274 Ha near Corleone). Since 2005 Calatrasi has a new estate of a 150 Ha vineyard located in Mazara. The vineyards of Calatrasi are cultivated with Nero d’Avola, Syrah, Chardonnay, Catarratto, Grillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Viognier; moreover, it has long term contract vineyards (600 Ha) of Catarratto, Grillo, Nero d’Avola and Sangiovese.