Founded in 2004, Girolamo Russo is another winery that almost didn’t exist. Giuseppe Russo was concert pianist and doctor of letters when his father, Girolamo, passed. Giuseppe had to decide to sell his family’s vineyards or return to Etna and learn to make wine- he came home. Giuseppe trained with Frank Cornelissen, Marc de Grazia of Terre Nere, and Andrea Franchetti of Passopisciaro. Giuseppe was one of the first, along with De Grazia, to bottle single vineyard wines on Etna and is considered one of the top 5 producers on Etna. His wines are only imported into San Francisco, NYC, and VA/DC. He makes 2000 cases each year. Giuseppe works with some of the oldest vines on Etna.
