Marco De Bartoli

Marco spent years talking to the island’s elders and experts to understand how the grapes there, dried under the fierce sun, could turn into ‘nectar of the Gods’. He realized that only through unwavering attention to each vine could the sun-dried raisins yield this sweet wine, a legacy from Arab times. Bukkuram “Padre della Vigna” (Father of the vineyard) is the passito wine made only in the best vintages.

Following the evolutionary logic of his area’s wine history, Marco began making his “own” Marsala Superiore. This wine, with its memorable bouquet of perfumes and aromas, was conceived and produced to respect its “natural” tradition: it is fortified with a “mistella” produced from fresh grape must and fruit brandy obtained from the same grapes of the base wine.