Melissa Natura, production & sale of figs,
   dried oregano, olive oil and wine.

Melissa Natura is sale of figs, dried oregano, olive oil and wine

It's been almost a century since the Lonetti Family was dedicated to cultivate grapevines and olive trees, from the grandfather Antonino to the daddy Giuseppe. But it's just in 2002, when Gaetano Lonetti took over the family farm, that Melissa Natura was founded.

The purpose of Melissa Natura is to give the right distinction to the products of our Homeland: a land kissed by the sun. The farm is located on the top of an hill, in front of the village of Melissa, with the ruins of its Castle and the beauty of its historical center where the atmosphere that your breathe it's that typical of a feudal village.

In this beautiful environment Gaetano Lonetti, the farm owner, has started some projects of diversification of the production, after careful studies on the diversity of the land, on an area of five hectares.

These projects include a fig-field (the species dottato bianco) and an experimental field of white-flowered oregano (typical of our wilderness lands but with a deep perfume and medicinal properties).

In the vineyards you can observe the Gaglioppo, the Greco Nero and the Greco Bianco a part from little quantities of zibibbo and malvasia grapes. The intention of the farm is the production of a good Melissa DOC red wine and also a passito wine created to match the taste of oven-dried figs.

In the olive tree grove, otherwise, you can meet many varieties of olives: San Benedetto olives, Strongolese round olives, Napoletana olives and Carolea olives.