Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

Santa Anastasia Abbey

Santa Anastasia Abbey C.da Santa Anastasia Castelbuono (PA) Tel.: +39 0921-672233 Fax: +39 0921-672233 Email: [email protected] Web: www.abbaziasantanastasia.it

Accommodation facilities: YES Rooms: 28; Beds: 55 Price per room per night: €150 Price in half board: €220 Price with full board: €290 Restaurant: YES Wine tasting: YES Guided tour of the company: YES Direct sales: YES Bottles produced: 250,000 Export: 30% Hectares of vineyards: 70

The Abbazia Santa Anastasia wine company faces the dawn of the new century with renewed vitality but with a strong past that places it rightfully among the most illustrious names in Sicilian winemaking. Founded in 1100 by Count Ruggero d'Altavilla, the Santa Anastasia Abbey became a cultural and working hub for the inhabitants of the Madonie. Vines, wheat, olive trees and various species of fruit trees were planted. The land proved to be particularly suitable for the cultivation of vines and in fact the wine was requested by the most important baronial and bishop's tables in Sicily. The foundation of the city of Castelbuono in 1316 coincided with the abandonment of the Abbey by the monks, an abandonment which - especially with regard to the land - continued in the following centuries. In 1980 the Lena family took over the company with the intention of creating a model winery: vineyards where the grapes are harvested by hand, during the cooler hours; a modern wine factory where the white grapes are cooled before being pressed and the red ones are macerated for a long time; a cellar where the white wines are stored sur lies at a cool temperature and the great reds age in French oak barriques. These are the flagships of the Abbazia Santa Anastasia wine and wine company

How to reach us:

From Palermo: A20 PA-ME motorway, exit Pollina – Castrelbuono, continue up to KM 3+500 on the SS286 towards Castelbuono
From Trapani: Through the A29 towards Palermo - from Palermo continue on the A20 PA-ME motorway, exit Pollina - Castrelbuono, continue up to KM 3+500 on the SS286 towards Castelbuono