Battista Belvisi has always worked with wine He started his career at a young age making traditional passito and Pantelleria wines with his father and grandfather . He went to college in Palermo studying agriculture and there he met his wife Pina . Unlike most of his contemporaries who fled Pantelleria if they were able to go to a university , Battista’s father convinced him to come back to the island to see if he could put his knowledge to work locally . He decided to follow his father’s advice and came back to do a number of agrarian jobs . After a few years he was involved with wine and worked for 3 years as a consultant for Abraxas , an established mid-size (26ha) winery in Pantelleria ...