01 — Story
How Salto del Corvo Came Together
Salto del Corvo began partly by chance, at the point where several different lives, places and ways of experiencing wine happened to meet.
None of us arrived here from the same direction. What we shared was a language — wine — and, eventually, a place: Trecastagni, on the south-eastern side of Etna. The company is what happened when those threads stopped running in parallel.
Timeline
Before Salto del Corvo was a company
1950s
Wine as livelihood
One thread begins in the 1950s, when wine was part of how a family of five made a living. The vineyard was tended alongside a regular job, and wine was made not as a lifestyle choice, but simply as part of providing for the family.
The same vineyard, another generation
As the vineyard passed to the next generation, its role changed too. Pippo Puglisi chose to keep it alive. What had once been part of making a living became a matter of care — a connection to the land, to family and to a way of making wine that might otherwise have disappeared.
A place called Salto del Corvo
The name came from the place itself. Salto del Corvo was the name by which this area was locally known — a quiet corner of the Trecastagni countryside remembered by those who spent time there as a place to stop, think and simply be.
2010
The place becomes the name of the wine
In 2010 the wine made here carried the name Salto del Corvo. What had begun as necessity a generation earlier had become something kept alive by choice — and the name of the place became the name of the wine. But that also revealed its limits: without a sustainable model, what begins as devotion can eventually become a burden.
L'infinito
This lonely hill was ever dear to me, And this hedgerow, that hides so large a part Of the remote horizon from the view. But, sitting here and gazing, endless space Beyond it, and unearthly silence there, And deepest quiet, in my thought I feign; Till almost fearful grows my heart. And as I hear the wind rustling among the leaves, I set that infinite silence to this voice, Comparing: and eternity I feel, And all the seasons dead, and living now The present, and its sound. Thus in this vast Immensity my thought is drowned; and sweet It seems to me to founder in this sea.
Salto del Corvo was always more than the place where wine was made. It was somewhere to step out of everyday life — silence, distance, contemplation. For those who have known Salto del Corvo, this place has left an indelible mark of tranquility and pleasantness; some have associated it with Leopardi's L'infinito.
Today
A new chapter
Today, Salto del Corvo begins a different chapter. We are not trying to reproduce the past. We want to preserve what is worth carrying forward — the land, agricultural knowledge, the culture around wine and the identity of this place — while questioning what needs to change. For us, respecting tradition also means making it capable of having a future: economically sustainable, environmentally responsible and open to new ideas, people and markets. The company is young. The story behind its name is not.
A meeting in Poland
2008
Roberto and Enrique met by chance during a study exchange in Poland in 2008. They stayed in touch through very different lives and careers, and each, separately, kept drifting towards wine. Years later Sicily brought the two paths back together: visiting small wineries, meeting growers and tasting across Etna revealed an ecosystem of fragmented plots, shifting elevations and exposures, native varieties, and many small producers reading the same mountain in strikingly different ways. The curiosity turned into something more ambitious — not only making wine, but helping distinctive small producers reach people and markets beyond Sicily.
Wine, art and attention
2025
In 2025 a third thread joined, through ONAV, where Roberto and Giulia met — and with it an academic background in art and professional experience in tourism. Wine and art ask for the same thing: attention. In a fast and distracted world, tasting forces a pause — look, smell, taste, and listen to what the senses report. A wine can be read technically and objectively, but the experience it produces stays personal. That relationship between wine, senses, place and people runs through our cultural and wine-tourism work.
Where they converge
Tradition, territory, discovery, exchange
Salto del Corvo exists at the point where those four meet. From that intersection three connected activities emerged — not separate business units, but three expressions of the same idea: to preserve and interpret what is distinctive about Sicilian wine and culture, and to create contemporary ways of sharing it beyond the place where it originates.
What follows from it
Wine Production
Our own wines, starting from the vineyard acquired in Trecastagni in March 2026 and our first Etna Bianco.
Export & Distribution
Working with selected small Sicilian and Italian producers to reach international markets, including import/export and commercial services for third parties.
Wine Tourism & Culture
Experiences that connect wine with the vineyard, Etna, Sicilian culture, art and the people around a table.
Our people
Three perspectives
Complementary skills rather than three separate stories.
Roberto Puglisi
Co-Founder & CEO
Manager at Accenture in process intelligence, AI and digital transformation. ONAV-certified taster. Handles governance, planning and the vineyard side.
Enrique Caracosa
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
US entrepreneur with experience in international trading and wine import to Mexico and the United States. Leads commercial development and market relationships.
Giulia Papa
Wine Tourism & Brand
Art historian, formerly with contemporary galleries and the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania; ONAV-certified taster. Shapes the experiences and how we tell them.