Diego Cusumano

Coming Up

Since 2001, Diego Cusumano has been manager of Cusumano. The role is less a fixed point than an ongoing responsibility, built around keeping a family project moving without losing the logic that shaped it. “Own grapes” and “family brand” are the key terms here: they point to control of the material and accountability to the name on the label.

Where They Are Now

Cusumano in Partinico remains the base of that work, with Sicily setting the terms as much as the cellar does. The place is not decorative; it is part of the wine’s vocabulary. That attachment comes through sharply in his line, “If I ever stood in front of God, I would thank him for having been born in Sicily.” Read plainly, it places the island at the center of his sense of duty and identity, not as backdrop but as ground. The method behind is restraint. The ambition is specific and family-bound: work from their own grapes, carry the family brand, and keep the process tied to place. At Cusumano in Partinico, that means a long, steady practice rather than a single defining moment.

Signature

Diego's signature wines include Sàgana, Angimbé Tenuta Ficuzza, Benuara Tenuta Presti e Pegni, and Jalé Tenuta Ficuzza. Taken together, these names sketch the range of his work and the different expressions carried under the family banner. Each one sits within the larger idea of making wines from their own grapes, with the family brand as the through line connecting them.

In Their Words “If I ever stood in front of God, I would thank him for having been born in Sicily.” “The rules that he follows are simple: passion, enthusiasm and simplicity.” Those rules reduce the work to three terms that are easy to say and hard to maintain over time. Passion, enthusiasm and simplicity: a compact code for managing Cusumano since 2001, staying close to Sicily, and keeping the family project pointed toward the wines themselves.