Nowadays Duca di Salaparuta is the largest private winery in Sicily in the hands of the Reina family with a production that exceeds 9 million bottles a year. Duca di Salaparuta and Corvo are the two brands with which the business began in 1824 and since 2003 the Florio cellars have also belonged to the Duca di Salaparuta group.
It was Prince Giuseppe Alliata, Duke of Salaparuta who began production with two labels that became iconic: Corvo bianco and Corvo Rosso, inspired by the quality of French wines of the time. The business started from the owned vineyards in Casteldaccia in the province of Palermo where the group's headquarters are still located today. Already in the second half of the 19th century Corvo wines were among the best known on the island and also conquered international markets.
In the 1960s, the company was sold to the SOFIS regional shareholding entity which provided for a restructuring and further development of the business, leading in the 1970s to a production of over 7 million bottles per year. In 1984 the Duca Enrico red wine was born, the first great Nero d'Avola in purity. Duca Enrico is one of the most important labels of modern Sicilian enology and is still a reference point for all Sicilian red wines today.
In the 2000s the Duca di Salaparuta merged with the historic Florio winery through a series of financial transactions. Other acquisitions followed and today several estates in various parts of Sicily belong to the Duca di Salaparuta group. Production is diversified into several lines. The Corvo brand includes traditional and everyday wines, while under the Duca di Salaparuta brand there are innovative wines, the result of a search for particular elegance. Florio's business continues with its own brand.