{"id":1501,"date":"2024-01-24T10:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:26:12","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1501\" class=\"elementor elementor-1501 elementor-2\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f2ed6 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8f2ed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/vimeo.com\\\/1015826847&quot;,&quot;background_privacy_mode&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container 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24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0885bb2 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0885bb2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c3ecb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60c3ecb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28e191 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e28e191\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f472d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f472d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edafea7 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"edafea7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e14c07 drifting-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e14c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ballasanti:<br>The Return and the Turning point<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06cbaf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c06cbaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c43e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40c43e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Return<\/strong> of Manuela Seminara to her family\u2019s land, to Sicily, to her Ballasanti, on the slopes of Etna overlooking the sunrise over the sea, where she was born and raised.<\/p><p>A <strong>Turning Point<\/strong>, too.<br \/>Her husband Fabio, with an eye to the future, uniting the various properties and, together with Manuela, bringing life to a new agricultural business, planning ten vintages, new vineyards and the design and creation of a new cellar.<\/p><p>The <strong>Return<\/strong> and the <strong>Turning Point<\/strong>, a loving synergy committed to producing vivacious and explosive wines, like thunder rocking the Earth to its core.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af49ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"af49ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU2NiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"Livello_1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><style type=\"text\/css\">\t.st0{fill:#171714;}<\/style><g>\t<path class=\"st0\" d=\"M47.5,23.6v1.5H26.1v22.7h-1.6V25.1h-22v-1.5h22V2.2h1.6v21.3H47.5z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">find out more about Manuela and Fabio<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75a9ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b75a9ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05e6b8 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d05e6b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb3809 drifting-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bb3809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUR HIstory<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8a7fe2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f8a7fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e1dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37e1dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The winemaking business was started by Manuela\u2019s maternal great-grandfather, Don Lorenzo, and his wife Donna Mara.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24de85d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24de85d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As was common in those days, Don Lorenzo\u2019s wine was sold on the French market.<br \/>Don Lorenzo also planted two maritime pines to commemorate the birth of his children. They provided shade at U Ballasanti, thus named because, on days when the Gregale was blowing, Donna Mara would say that even the saints were dancing, so strong blew the wind.\u00a0 On that hilltop bench, with Mount Etna behind her and the Ionian Sea at her feet, Donna Mara would sit, let down her long, white hair, and breathe in the wind. A wind capable of bringing about a profound inner transformation.<br \/><br \/>Ballasanti has since become a magical and symbolic place where the women of the family rediscover the force of a powerful, sacred and ancestral femininity. But \u2018U Ballasanti has also become a place that some guests take pleasure in visiting, experiencing the strength and energy of a land shaped by fire, stone, sun, sea, and wind.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb20574 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb20574\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a28395 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a28395\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;laptop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d18363 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d18363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:800}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/uva-etna-Tenute-Ballasanti.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/uva-etna-Tenute-Ballasanti.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/uva-etna-Tenute-Ballasanti-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/uva-etna-Tenute-Ballasanti-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tenuteballasanti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/uva-etna-Tenute-Ballasanti-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281f3b1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"281f3b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b2e45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88b2e45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b603f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b603f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was however Don Angelo, their son, who diversified the business:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf0d73 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cf0d73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:800}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>every one of Etna\u2019s God-given bounties can be found on their land: citrus fruits, olives, figs, prickly pears, strawberry trees, chestnuts, pomegranates and quinces. Even a maple forest. And grapes, of course, wine grapes (Nerello Mascalese and Carricante), which he sold to his most valued clients.<\/p>\n<p>It was through his example that Manuela\u2019s emotional and cultural roots became fixed into the slopes of the volcano. In turn, she has had the same effect on her husband Fabio who has adopted this land as his own. And Ballasanti has become a place where guests too can enjoy visiting and experiencing the strength and energy of a land made of fire, stone, sun, sea and wind.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d23b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9d23b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7451bf6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7451bf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27c6cd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d27c6cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:800}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ten years ago, the Turning Point. Fabio, with the proven managerial acumen of someone with a strategic outlook, decides to reunify the original winery and bring Manuela\u2019s dream back to life. 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