Firriato was founded in the 1980s by Salvatore Di Gaetano, then a young businessman, and his wife Vinzia Novara Di Gaetano. Today the estate includes nearly 800 vineyard acres in several regions of Sicily, including Mt. Etna. This organically certified producer makes nearly 4.5 million bottles of wine a year, mostly from indigenous grapes such as Nero d’Avola. Gambero Rosso has noted that “the estate produces a wide range of excellent wines,” and the journal has frequently awarded Firriato’s Harmonium, its flagship Nero d’Avola, with a 3 glass rating.