Cantine Spadafora

The Spadafora family boasts a secular tradition in the industry, four are in fact the generations linking the name Spadafora to the wine industry. The activity began in 1915, when Ippolito Spadafora approached the world of wine and started selling typical wines of the area in bulk. It is necessary to make a big applause to this great little man since, in a difficult historical time, he knew how to consolidate and develop his father’s inheritan...

There is considerable confusion between the Magliocco and the Gaglioppo, the famous Calabrian vine that is at the base of the Cirò that somebody in the region continues to call “Magliocco” or “Mantonico nero”. In fact, they are two distinct varieties. The winemaking of these two kinds of grapes, cultivated in Donnici and Cirò respectively, gives completely different organoleptic results: the wine obtained from the Magliocco is elegant, tannic,...

The Spadafora Cellar is extremely important for local producers who have been collaborating with it for years. In fact, the company supplements their grapes with those given by the producers, for a total of about 40 hectares. In 1991 a further step towards absolute quality: the transfer of production from Donnici to Mangone, into a new and modern structure, where nothing is left to chance, where tradition meets technology. Today, the company i...