The Etna DOC was created in 1968, making it one of Sicily's oldest wine appellations. For most of its history it was a source of undistinguished bulk wine — high-alcohol red produced from the Nerello Mascalese and sold north to augment the Burgundy négociant blends that required colour and body.

Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG is made from a single grape variety — the Sagrantino — grown exclusively in a small zone of approximately 700 hectares around the hilltop town of Montefalco in the Valle Umbra, between Spoleto and Perugia.