Producer Portrait · Italy
Cantina Cellaro
Over 600 winegrowing families on Lago Arancio in Sambuca di Sicilia.
Get to know Cantina Cellaro
Cantina Cellaro is the winegrowers' cooperative of Sambuca di Sicilia in western Sicily, founded in 1969, with its own bottling since 1980. According to the cooperative, over 600 members cultivate around 1,500 hectares on the hills around Lago Arancio.
One village, one winery
For over half a century, Cellaro has been the village's only cooperative winery. Since late 2024, the president has been Melchiorre Cacioppo, who sat on the board for over twenty years before the general assembly elected him to the top.
The leap onto the world market
In 2010, the cooperative entered into a partnership with the Fantini Group from Abruzzo, which took over worldwide distribution. Within a decade, production quadrupled to four million bottles. The best-known lines are Lumà and Micina, with Nero d'Avola and Grillo as the leading grape varieties.
New at Etna
In 2025, Cellaro took its first step beyond western Sicily: its own Etna DOC line with Bianco, Rosato and Rosso from the volcano's northern slope near Randazzo, in collaboration with local winegrowers.
Facts about the estate
- Country & Region
- Italy · Sizilien
- Founded
- 1969, own bottling since 1980
- Members
- Over 600 winegrowing families, around 1,500 hectares
- Production
- Four million bottles, Sicilia DOC and Terre Siciliane IGP
- New
- Etna DOC line since 2025
Grape varieties
- Nero d'Avola
- Grillo
- Nerello Mascalese
- Syrah
- Catarratto
- Inzolia
«Our producers and farmers, who cultivate the land with great sacrifice, are the beating heart of our winery.»
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