Luca Bambara
COUNTRY: Italy
REGION: Sicily
Luca Bambara, a Québécois with Sicilian roots, has gone back to his ancestral land to chase a dream: crafting his vision of true Sicilian wines. Prioritizing indigenous grapes and embracing low intervention winemaking practices, he aims to showcase a genuine expression of the island. Luca collaborates with small-scale farmers and winemakers to source the best grapes from across Sicily. All of the grapes are organically grown and carefully hand harvested. The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts and vinified with very little sulfites. This minimal yet precise approach to winemaking ensures pure, high-quality wines. Each cuvée is the expression of a region, its terroir and its grape varietals.
Bambara da Casa is Luca Bambara’s homage to Sicily’s enduring tradition of vino da casa, the “house wine” made by families across the island, for the pleasure of sharing. Rooted in that same spirit of generosity and simplicity, the line celebrates everyday Sicilian wine at its most genuine. Each cuvée is crafted from organically grown native grapes, harvested by hand and carefully vinified with minimal intervention to preserve the purest expression of fruit and terroir. These are honest, vibrant wines — approachable yet full of character — made to bring people together around the table, just as Sicilian families have done for generations.
CUVÉES
Bambara da Casa White
Region: Alcamo, IGP Terre Siciliane
Grape: Cattarato
Soil: sand, limestone, marine deposits
Vines: 30 years old, trained in cordone speronato, 250m elevation
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: direct press, fermentation in cement tanks
Aging: 9 months on the less in cement tanks
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: 3g at bottling
Bambara da Casa Red
Region: Alcamo, IGP Terre Siciliane
Grape: 70% Nero d’Avola, 30% Cattarato
Soil: sand, limestone, marine deposits
Vines: 30 years old, trained in cordone speronato, 250m elevation
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: Nero d’Avola and Cattarato are co-fermented in stainless steel tanks for 8 days, pressed, racked off the lees when malolactic fermentation is complete
Aging: stainless steel tanks
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: 1g at bottling
Bambara da Casa Orange
Region: Alcamo, IGP Terre Siciliane
Grape: Cattarato
Soil: sand, limestone, marine deposits
Vines: 30 years old, trained in cordone speronato, 250m elevation
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: 7 day maceration fermentation in cement tanks, racked off the lees after malolactic fermentation is complete
Aging: cement tanks
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: 1g at bottling
