Saverio Faro - Progetti Agricoli

Sicily, Italy

Saverio Faro is a Sicilian cooperative wine project run by Progetti Agricoli, the umbrella body that brings together more than two thousand growers across six thousand hectares of vineyard. The label focuses on three Sicilian classics: Nero d'Avola, Grillo, and Syrah.

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  • Walk-ins welcome

About Saverio Faro - Progetti Agricoli

Progetti Agricoli was founded in 1962 as a Sicilian growers' cooperative and has grown into one of the largest agricultural collectives on the island. More than two thousand member farms now contribute fruit from roughly six thousand hectares spread across central and southern Sicily, harvested into shared cellars and bottled under a small set of brand lines.

The Saverio Faro label is the cooperative's volume Sicilia DOC range, named after the founding family's surname. The wines target a clean, varietally-honest style: Nero d'Avola for sun-ripened Sicilian red, Grillo for crisp coastal white, and a Syrah from the hotter inland slopes. Each bottle stays close to the appellation rules without reaching for old-vine cuvees or barrel-heavy treatments.

Winemaking has been led for the past quarter century by Giacomo Spano, who steers the cellar with a low-intervention philosophy suited to the scale of the membership. Stainless-steel fermentation and short ageing windows keep fruit character forward, which is the right call for wines designed to land at accessible price points on supermarket and casual-restaurant lists.

Progetti Agricoli does not run a public visitor estate under the Saverio Faro name. The label is primarily distribution-focused; visits to member estates are arranged on a case-by-case basis. The wines are widely available through UK retail (Vinatis, Majestic, Elite Wines). For UK readers, the Saverio Faro range typically anchors entry-tier Sicilian listings on supermarket and casual-restaurant shelves, paired with a stable bottle price and a reliable yearly vintage rotation. It is not a bottle that asks for a sommelier's intervention; it is the cooperative model doing its job at the volume end of the Sicilia DOC catalogue.

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Sicily, Italy

What Saverio Faro - Progetti Agricoli makes

Saverio Faro - Progetti Agricoli's current bottle selection is easiest to understand through Grillo and Nero d'Avola.

Common questions

  • Saverio Faro is a Sicilian cooperative label produced by Progetti Agricoli, an umbrella organisation of more than 2,000 grower-member farms across roughly 6,000 hectares of Sicilian vineyard.