Cantina Dragani started its activity during 1812. In that year a document signed by Caldari's Borgomastro authorized Dragani Emanuele to sell his products in Caldari region. Already in that time Dragani family owned its most famous lands, like Selva dei Canonici and Fonte Melata. The two territories, probably originally hired from the monks of Bada di Frisia, represented for decades the natural reserve of Dragani family, the places where the wine was made. Many documents testify the activities of Dragani family. The most important of them are the ones that indicate Dragani family as the official supplier of the Bishop and the noble families from Ortona. Mr. Nicola Dragani, after 1945, renewed all the vineyards and started to sell the wine in Pescara, place where Dragani family had residence and owned a wine shop. With the help of his son, Gabriele, who showed since the early age a strong intelligence and a deep sense of business, Nicola Dragani bought the necessary devices to bottle the wine, in the two liters format with crown top. From 1962 to 1978 Gabriele built the current wine factory, introducing in the production process the first technological innovations, mainly in the bottling process. In 1999, Grazia, Gabriele's daughter, started to innovate the activity, modernizing the business structure of the company and amplifying the wine selling area, in Italy and in foreign countries, until, in 2012 the building of a new wine laboratory was completed.

Tenuta Ulisse, a modern expression of a centuries-old tradition of passion and dedication to the land, is one of Abruzzo’s premier winemaking estate. It has aggressively dived into the enormous potential of Abruzzo’s unique terroir and ancient varieties by placing a contemporary spin on indigenous grapes such as Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, Trebbiano D’Abruzzo, Pecorino, Passerina e Cococciola. Tenuta Ulisse maintains a strong family imprint characterized by respect for the values like tradition, history and territory and is now run by brothers Antonio and Luigi Ulisse. At Tenuta Ulisse the sense of belonging and pride to share together the plan for growth and development of the Abruzzo wine region can be seen everywhere , you read it in the eyes , you listen to it the words of those who work there and engages themselves with true and undiminished passion . Tenuta Ulisse, in this sense is a family business because it is a big family which is recognized in the dream of the young entrepreneur who was able to foresee the urge for renaissance of quality wine of Abruzzo. Quality and passion. These words are put in every single aspect of our commitment to rediscover native grape varieties and reinterpret international varieties. Our wines express Tenuta Ulisse’s unique winemaking vision, namely producing great wines with an exciting personality, expression of our land but always with a marked international vocation.