CASTIGLIONE DI SICILIA IS A PICTURESQUE VILLAGE PERCHED HIGH ON A HILL, A BUNCH OF STACKED SMALL HOMES AND JUTTING OUT FROM THE ROCK. STROLL THROUGH PIAZZA LAURIA, THE TOWN SQUARE PAVED WITH LAVA STONE, AS YOU LOSE COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES YOU'VE PASSED AND YOU END UP ON A BREEZY SIDE STREET LINED WITH MORE BOTTLES FROM ETNA THAN YOU KNEW EXISTED - FROM BENCHMARK PRODUCERS TO BURGEONING NEGOCIANTS. THIS IS ‘VITIS VINERIA’ AND SALVATORE EMERGES FROM THE DOORWAY: CHEF, HOST, AND SOMMELIER. SALVATORE IS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE MOUNTAIN AS THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE BEST WIEN BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA, BUT HE'S BEGINNING TO GET THAT SAME RECOGNITION FOR HIS OWN WINES. ORIGINALLY FROM RANDAZZO, SALVATORE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE LEGENDARY MASSERIA DEL PINO, PRODUCING HIS FIRST COUPLE OF VINTAGES AT THEIR CANTINA AS HE HONED HIS CRAFT AND LEARNED THE MOVEMENTS OF THE MOUNTAIN. NOW, WITH MULTIPLE VINTAGES UNDER HIS BELT AND A NEW CANTINA, SALVATORE HAS REALLY HIT HIS STRIDE. HIS WINES ARE MARKED BY PRECISION, DEPTH AND PLACE. OLD VINES, HIGH ELEVATION, AND PATIENCE.