Let's briefly look at its history:
The Madaudo Cellars intertwine the history of 4 generations. In fact, even before 1945, in wartime, Nonno Alfio and later Nonno Rosario were among the first to believe and invest in the selection, bottling and marketing of wines produced exclusively from native Sicilian grapes. Over the years the winery has invested in human resources, marketing and technology arriving to have today in the Villafranca Tirrena headquarters one of the best reference wineries in Sicily. Sustainability and transparency, protection of quality and valorisation of the territory. These have been the basis of Madaudo's production philosophy for more than seventy years.
Their philosophy: “Extracting the highest quality from the fertile lands of Sicily”, enhancing the great peculiarities of the vineyards, interpreting their characteristics and declining them through different production techniques, from steel to wood, from sparkling wine in autoclave to refermentation in the bottle. The Villafranca Tirrena plant, the beating heart of the company, is flanked by a room entirely dedicated to sparkling wine production in Larderia, a fraction of Messina. The Larderia plant is also there Welcome Room di Madaudo cellars. It is called Palaverve a place of research, experimentation and teaching, where the culture of good drinking and good cooking typical of the Messina tradition is encouraged, also offering spaces for relaxation and accommodation.
The history of the Cambria company, in Sicily
TheCambria Company. The occasion is the exceptional harvest that in 1864 kisses the small plot of land that the Cambrias cultivate for their own needs. The quantity of grapes produced in excess is sold and thus the production and marketing begins, an adventure that started a long time ago and which still continues today. Thus we come to the fifties.
It was 1952 when the management of the company passed to Rocco's eldest son, Matteo. The farm takes another decisive step forward, adding other activities to the simple production of wine. In addition to the care of his own vineyards, Matteo adds the management of those of other landowners in the province of Messina, thus making Furnari's viticulture a thriving economic reality. It is in this period that some historical Cambria wines are born, such as the Mamertine remembered by several historians. A decisive step that led the Cambria company to become the spokesperson for one of the most sought-after and rare wines in the entire international wine scene, produced with a historic but forgotten grape: the walnut, which gives a structured wine, with a beautiful tannic texture and deep aromas, always well balanced by an important acidity which also makes it particularly long-lived. The tasting in the next episode.
(To be continued ...)
