Silvio Centonze was born in Marsala in 1973. He gained his high school diploma from the Agricultural Technical Institute of Marsala in 1993 and graduated in Oenology and Viticulture at the University of Padua in 1996. During his university studies and up to 1999, he acquired important work experience in the field of research and development at a leading company in the winemaking services field while offering his services as a consultant for several Sicilian wineries. Since 1999, he has been the chief winemaker at Tenuta Rapitalà, one of the most important Sicilian wineries on the wine scene. The philosophy of Rapitalà, entrusted to the experience of the wine-maker Centonze and his collaborators, is to produce wines that maintain the flavours and aromas of the land of Sicily, without neglecting the elegant taste of the most refined palates.