TENUTA LA FAVOLA, Nero d’Avola

Between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century the company flourished and the farm was already a fundamental point of reference for the area which is indicated on the maps as "Christmas Houses". Here, during the harvest period, up to 50 workers from the Ragusa plateau converge.

At the end of the century Giuseppe Di Natale created a scagno in Pachino with his partner Antonna , a center where brokers, through brokers, obtain the wine requested by the great traders of the North. In this period the company "Di Natale-Antonna" was born for the wine trade, of which the great-grandfather soon remained the sole owner. The industrial and agricultural trade magazine of Sicily of 1903 lists it among the most representative commercial activities of the area.

In  1908  Buonivini passed into the hands of his son Don Corrado, a man of great balance and charisma as evidenced by the numerous declarations of esteem published, also in the form of poems, by those who work with him.

In 1936 , following the severe market crisis, the prices of grapes and wine collapsed and the scagni took advantage of it to stock large quantities of product. The peasants reduced to hunger rise up by burning the duty and plundering all the henchmen except that of Don Corrado, the only one, among all the merchants, to have refused to suffocate the peasants by buying wine at low prices. In this period, other lands with a high wine vocation are added to the company.

In  1949 , Don Corrado still alive, the Buonivini fund passed as a dotal asset to his daughter Maria, who, together with her husband, the lawyer Angelo Gurrieri, shares a great passion for the countryside. The company undergoes profound transformations: the area under vines in Nero d'Avola is increased, the millstone and cellar with a capacity of about 1200 hectoliters are expanded and the Gisira is purchased on which, after significant reclamation interventions, citrus groves and vineyards are planted. In recent years, the sale of oil and wine takes place directly on the farm.

Around the 1980s , viticulture in the area was also affected by the crisis in the wine market. It is a period of great ferment during which traditional crops (wine, oil and carob) are replaced by greenhouse cultivation. Maria and Angelo Gurrieri, supported by their son Corrado agronomist, undertake not to betray the traditional vocation of the land and indeed increase the area planted by planting 5 hectares of white Moscato vineyard for the production of DOC Moscato di Noto, they purchase a photovoltaic system for the renewable energy production.

In  1990  the Gurrieri spouses ceded ownership of the Buonivini company to their son Corrado who, encouraged by his wife Valeria, implemented a medium and long-term corporate restructuring strategy:

• uses certified organic cultivation techniques;
• a cyclical renewal of the vineyards begins with optimal agronomic methods respecting the typicality of the area
• increases and rationalizes the olive-growing area;
• buys other surrounding lands renowned for the quality of the wine produced;
• carries out the conservative restoration of the ancient farm;
• it recovers the peasant houses and the warehouses
• buys a small oil mill for business use.

2002  marks a turning point for the company . Thanks to the support of Tuscan friends and the journalist Cristoforo von Ritter, the production and bottling of the DOC Eloro Nero d'Avola La Favola begins, the label of which is the fruit of Franca von Ritter's creativity.

Today , after 4 generations and 200 years of history, Tenuta La Favola is an established company on international markets and boasts:

• double Italian and Swiss organic certification
• experimental fields on biodiversity
• photovoltaic system for the production of renewable energy