Material Girl's dad drops into the Sault for dinner (8 photos)

American pop music icon Madonna may be a little disappointed she didn't come with her dad to Lou Sirianni's mom's place for a home-cooked Italian meal over the weekend.

Silvio (Tony) and Joan Ciccone came to the Sault at Joan's insistence, Sirianni tells SooToday.com.

"He hardly ever takes any time off and she really wanted him to take at least one real day off," Sirianni says. "so they took us up on our offer. They really enjoyed the meal and said they would love to come back for more."

Shown is Joan Ciccone, Lou Sirianni and Silvio (Tony) Ciccone in Connie Sirianni (Lou's mom)'s kitchen.

Lou Sirianni regularly visits Sutton's Bay, Michigan, where Ciccone has been bottling wine for nine years.

The Saultite loves to trade vinting tips with Madonna's dad.

The estate is just a few hours' drive away and Sirianni says he looks forward to his time with the father of Madonna.

He says he's tasted wines with Ciccone, toured the estate and been invited to help pick the grapes this fall.

"I've always been interested in wine and helped my family with it," says Sirianni. "When a mutual friend (shown in the photo gallery below) introduced me to Ciccone, we found we had an interest in common."

Sirianni says Ciccone, a retired Chrysler engineer, works very hard to produce a quality product.

"He strikes me as an ordinary hard-working Italian American," said Sirianni. "Just one with a very famous daughter."

"Sometimes I don't think he even knows how big she is," he said. "They are really just a regular family."

A regular family that's now doing business together, adds Sirianni.

"Mr. Ciccone and Madonna launched a line of wines bearing her image on the label last year and they are doing very well," he said. "I have one in my cabinet but I'm saving it for a special occasion."

Sirianni said the wines are limited-edition, numbered and bear autographs from Madonna and Ciccone.

Ciccone Vineyard and Wine Estate produces five limited-edition Madonna wines.

The Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio-Ambrato, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc were all bottled in 2005 and sell for $39.95 US, according to the Ciccone website.

Sirianni said they launched the brands to celebrate the release of Madonna's eleventh studio CD, Confessions on a Dance Floor.

As for Sirianni, he's looking forward to returning to Ciccone's winery as soon as he can, maybe in time for grape harvesting this fall.