Malvasia delle Lipari DOCMalvasia di Lipari, Corinto NeroFounded 1963Malvasia delle Lipari DOC
Founded by Carlo Hauner in 1963 on Salina in the Aeolian Islands, Hauner is the defining producer of Malvasia delle Lipari DOC. Their passito and naturale styles from Malvasia di Lipari vines are the benchmark for this rare island appellation.
Tasting: Tasting room at the estate on Salina. Open to visitors in the Aeolian Island season (April to October). Contact via the Hauner website.
Signature wines: hauner-malvasia-delle-lipari, hauner-malvasia-delle-lipari-passito
Malvasia delle Lipari DOCMalvasia di Lipari, Nero d'Avola, Corinto NeroORGANIC CERTIFIEDMalvasia delle Lipari DOC
A second-generation family estate on Salina producing organic Malvasia delle Lipari DOC wines alongside a Nero d'Avola-based red. Caravaglio's minimal-intervention passito is a benchmark expression of the Aeolian Islands' volcanic terroir.
Tasting: Seasonal tastings on Salina. Contact via the Caravaglio website.
Signature wines: caravaglio-malvasia-passito, caravaglio-salina-bianco
Malvasia delle Lipari DOCMalvasia di LipariFounded 2000Malvasia delle Lipari DOC
Tasca d'Almerita's Capofaro estate on the island of Salina in the Aeolian Islands produces Malvasia delle Lipari DOC within a boutique hotel and winery. The terrace vines with views toward Stromboli create one of Italy's most dramatic wine-tourism settings.
Tasting: Boutique hotel and wine resort on Salina with tasting experiences among the Malvasia vines overlooking the Tyrrhenian.
Signature wines: capofaro-malvasia
Malvasia delle Lipari DOCMalvasia di Lipari, Nero d'AvolaFounded 1964Salina, Aeolian Islands
The founding estate for Malvasia delle Lipari DOC on the island of Salina in the Aeolian Islands, making one of Italy's most individual island dessert wines.
Tip: The Hauner estate also produces a dry Malvasia delle Lipari naturale that is rarely exported and shows the grape's aromatic freshness without the passito sweetness. Buy both if you make the ferry crossing.