cultivating sustainability

Tasca d’Almerita follows the Disciplinary Management Methods for Eco-Sustainable companies, a cultivation system that prioritizes techniques to ensure a lower environmental impact, improved quality of agricultural production, protection of biodiversity, and the health of farmers and consumers. Thanks to this integrated farming strategy, Tasca d’Almerita has less or the same impact on the environment, the farmer, and the consumer as that of organic practices.

Tasca d’Almerita does not practice chemical weed control on any of its estates. To combat weeds, we use mechanical weeding, which consists of using physical tools, such as the hoe, but also plows, blades, motor hoes, and inter-row harrows, which uproot the weeds from the soil and remove them from the vineyard.

Tasca d’Almerita devotes 69% of the total area of its estates to wine growing. The remaining areas are devoted to pastures, arable land with diversified crops, olive groves, forests, lakes, streams, and non-cultivated areas in order to maintain biodiversity and provide areas of refuge for native species. The estates are also home to bees, which are valuable and essential, not only for honey production but for the preservation of biodiversity.

At Tasca d’Almerita estates, the materials used in winemaking are chosen according to their recyclability and eco-friendly characteristics. All new vineyards are built using wooden or metal poles, and pruning ties, when possible, are made of biodegradable material.

The promotion of historical artisan practices, as well as local customs and traditions, are part of an integrated concept of sustainability aimed at growing local economies and improving the quality of life. That is why 75 %of the services employed by Tasca come from the Sicilian territory. The grape suppliers, should it be necessary to purchase small quantities, are all located in lands surrounding the estates.

At a company-wide level since 2016, Tasca d’Almerita has been monitoring the parameters of the VIVA program: Air: Carbon Footprint, Water: Water Footprint, Vineyard, and Territory. Tasca d’Almerita has met all the requirements of the program.

In all Tasca d’Almerita estates, electricity consumption per liter of wine processed has been lower than the limit defined by the SOStain standards: 0.7 kWh/l. From 2017 to 2021 Tasca d’Almerita saved 323,380 kWh of electricity, equivalent to saving 104.09 tons of CO₂.

The average weight of Tasca d’Almerita’s 0.75-liter bottles was 507.18 grams. Tasca d’Almerita has lightened the weight of 1,724,716 bottles resulting in a reduction equivalent to 120.52 tons of CO₂ emissions, as well as minimizing the raw materials required to manufacture a glass bottle.

In 2022 Tasca d’Almerita published its twelfth sustainability report. The 2022 report is defined by a commitment to absolute transparency with easily verifiable data.

Tasca d’Almerita safeguards consumers by subjecting all wines to analysis to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality. The analyses conducted over the years have never revealed the presence of residues. In addition, all wines have a sulfite content below the limits set by organic wine regulations.