Malta Winery, Wineries & Wines - Wine of the Maltese Islands
::: Malta Winery, Wineries & Wines - Wine of the Maltese Islands :::In this page you will find links to the websites of the main wine producers in the Maltese islands. These are Delicata Wineries, Master Wines, Madalien Limited, Camilleri Winery, Master Cellars, Marsovin Winery and Meridiana Winery which account for the greatest part of the wine production in Malta and Gozo. For links, browse see below:
DACOUTROS - since 1307 - The surname Dacoutros owes its origins to the region of ‘Coteaux du Languedoc’, a very vast wine area which boasts of vineyards dating back to the Greeks (5th Century B.C.) The term ‘Coteaux’ means a hill which is covered by vines... In 1307, the Des Couteaux family had to restart their wine trading activity on this picturesque island, which is the archetypal image of Greece.... Giovanni Dacoutros soon partnered with the Portelli wine family who had been trading wine as far back as the 1750’s during the reign of Grand Master Manuel Pinto de Fonseca.
In the early 1990's Delicata embarked on an innovative project to increase the amount of land under vine, taking into account all the problems inherent with Maltese agriculture, such as land fragmentation and abandonment, owner diversity and antiquated growing techniques. Some agricultural plots are as small as a tenth of a hectare and a large amount of the available plots are not owned by skilled farmers. Delicata's 'Vines for Wines' project was thus launched with the aim of providing the land owner with all ...for more, visit Delicata wineries' webpage.
Master Wine Holdings Limited was formed in 2000 to act as the mother company to the Master Wine Group. Today the company boasts a group of seven subsidiary companies and a diversified portfolio of operations. Originally the company started out by taking effective ownership of Master Wine Limited (now Master Distributors Ltd.), Master Cellars Limited and Cammast Properties Limited. Subsequently, Madalien Limited and Camilleri Winery were created as its subsidiaries with the purpose of taking over the production arm of the group from Master Wine Limited...for more, visitMasterwine wineries' webpage.
Marsovin's Commitment to pioneering and maintaining modern methods of viticulture and wine production is self evident. We are proud of our hard earned reputation for quality brought about by stringent control of yields, pressing, fermentation and oak ageing. Only strict adherence to these controls brings about the desired premium quality of Marsovin ...for more, visitMarsovin wineries' webpage.
Meridiana's mission statement is to produce "World-Class Wines of Maltese Character": "Maltese Character" implies that all our grapes are grown within a Maltese climate and soil; "World-Class" indicates the use of state-of-the-art technology to produce wines which express Malta's southern fruitiness in an elegant, gentle manner; "Gentleness in winemaking" is achieved by harvesting grapes just as their ripe tannins and sugar attain harmonius balance, ...for more, visitMeridiana wineries' webpage.