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Cantine Pellegrino

Region Sicily (Marsala) + PantelleriaCountry Italy
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Paolo Pellegrino founded Cantine Pellegrino in 1880 in Marsala, the port town on Sicily's west coast that gave its name to one of Italy's three classic fortified wines (alongside Madeira-style Marsala in production by 1773 under Englishman John Woodhouse). Paolo's son Carlo joined the venture; Carlo's wife Josephine Despagne — daughter of the Sauternais oenotechnician Oscar Pierre Despagne — brought French winemaking practice into the house and became its first female managing director.

Pellegrino remains family-run six generations on. The Marsala line covers Fine, Superiore, Vergine and Soleras-aged styles in dry, semi-dry and sweet expressions. Beyond Marsala, the house produces dry Sicilian table wines from Grillo, Nero d'Avola, Syrah and Zibibbo, and the Passito di Pantelleria from late-harvest Zibibbo grown on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, where the family owns vineyards. A grappa di Marsala — distilled from spent Marsala lees — closes the digestif end of the range.

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