A very small estate on the north slope of Mount Etna. Le Vigne di Eli was made possible when Marco de Grazia was offered two of the most coveted, tiny vineyards on Etna. These little parcels did not produce enough fruit for his larger winery, Tenuta delle Terre Nere. He says the small, beautiful vineyards reminded him of his daughter and so he decided to create a new, tiny winery dedicated to her.

Moganazzi and Guardiola, with Santo Spirito closely following, have always been considered the best terroirs of the Municipality of Castiglione, the largest of the northern slopes of Etna. Consequently, in 2007, when I discovered a very small plot of Moganazzi for sale, I grabbed it without hesitation. But it was so tiny that I decided to dedicate its splendid wine – three barriques! – to a charity project linked to the Meyer pediatric hospital in Florence