A splendid late 19th century palmento, one of the largest and best preserved in eastern Sicily, probably the only one at sea level. A place that smells of must and has interwoven the ancient ‘wine routes’, bearing witness to its history.

Ships used to land on the beach in front of the castle to bargain for red gold, his majesty the ‘Nerello Mascalese’ native vine from which a particularly full-bodied wine was made and which fed the economy of the local population at the time.