To the north-west of the Salento peninsula, an area with an ancient winemaking tradition, is SALICE SALENTINO, a small rural town that has housed an ancient cellar for more than three centuries: the Leone de Castris.
The founder is passionate about such a fertile and rich land and understands its value, so, after the first years of processing and transforming the product, he returns to Spain, sells some possessions, returns and invests the proceeds in Salento lands.
Around Salice, Guagnano, Veglie, Villa Baldassarri, Novoli and San Pancrazio, he becomes the owner of several thousand hectares, on which he not only plants new vines, but also olive and wheat plants. At the beginning of the 19th century, the winery began exporting raw wine to the United States, Germany and France.