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About Winery and Wines

The Winery Bonavita comes into being thanks to the determination of scarfone’s family, who, have given new life to the great extensions of the very same vineyards that have been cultivated in the family for over a century. The objective of the winery is to contribute to revalue one of the most ancient sicilian guaranteed quality wines, the “Faro” of Messina (faro is one of the oldest doc of sicily, born in 1976, it is located in the north-eastern tip of Sicily).

Our company was born in the village of Faro Superiore on the Peloritani mountains, on that tongue of land closed between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, which is reflected in the Strait of Messina, a place rich in history and legends. Homer, Virgil and Ovid speak of these places and describe them as fertile and healthy, with a mild climate and an open and harmonious landscape. The village of Faro Superiore was anciently called Casale del Faro by the Greek people who founded it, the "Pharii"; they colonized most of the hills of Messina carrying out agricultural activities, in particular the cultivation of vineyards. There are many evidences of an important viticultural activity since the Greek era, up to the nineteenth century when they were really remarkable the trade and the export of Faro wine in many regions of France.