Fondo Antico

About Winery and Wines

Feet well anchored in Sicilian traditions and a view to the future, beyond the Egadi Islands that watch over the Estate. This is the way how Fondo Antico introduces itself today to his Italian and International customers. The passion for the Sicilian territory, the centenary experience in viticulture and the respect for their origins are combined with research, innovation, team work, curiosity to venture towards new horizons, to communicate our wines and introduce this corner of Sicily to the world. All these elements, masterfully balanced create the inimitable synergy that enables Fondo Antico to produce extraordinary wines. As the coral branch from the coastline for the people of Trapani, so every wine represents for Fondo Antico a precious gem to be treated with care and to be promoted, as an invaluable richness of this territory that has to be protected. Apotropaic symbol and source of local support between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the coral is became the graphic representation of the company philosophy, the Fondo Antico logo.

The Estate, owned by the family since early 1800, was originally dedicated to the cultivation of wheat and cotton. Around 1920 the first vineyards were planted and the family started to produce wine in Baglio of Rilievo, located 7 kilometers from Portelli. The structure, close to today’s productive center is still used today as a Hospitality Center for the guests.