Family-owned company
Cantine Colosi
Cantine Colosi is a family-run Sicilian winery that produces wines and a line of vermouth. Among its labels is the Vermouth Rosso 'Sei un Vermut', made from Insolia wine and flavored with infusions of herbs and spices.
- Malfa (Island of Salina) · Sicily · Italy
- 19 products
The story
Cantine Colosi is a family business active in the wine sector for generations. The company cultivates vineyards in the Aeolian Islands (Salina, Malfa) and carries out bottling in Giammoro/Pace del Mela (ME). Production includes several lines of regional wines; more recently the vermouth line identified by the label 'Sei un Vermut' was introduced.
Production philosophy
Production aims to enhance native varieties and the Mediterranean character of the Aeolian territory, offering terroir-driven products oriented to the aperitif and by-the-glass service.
Territory
Sicily (Aeolian Islands - Salina; bottling and operational headquarters in Giammoro / Pace del Mela, province of Messina).
Production method
For the Vermouth Rosso 'Sei un Vermut' an Insolia-based wine is flavored by infusion of herbs and spices; the recipe includes the addition of sugar (about 130 g/l) and subsequent filtration. Declared alcoholic strength 16% vol.
Characteristics
- Type
- Family-owned company
- City
- Malfa (Island of Salina)
- Categories
- vermouth
- red vermouth
- Sicilian winery
- wine
- Raw materials
- wine (Insolia)
- sugar
- herbs and spices
- Representative products
- Vermouth Rosso - Sei un Vermut - Cantina Colosi
What makes it distinctive
- Family-run wine producer with vineyards in the Aeolian Islands (Salina)
- Vermouth line 'Sei un Vermut' produced using Insolia-based wine
- Vermouth Rosso with 16% vol alcohol content and herbal-spicy profile
- Bottling and production activities carried out in Sicily (Giammoro / Pace del Mela)