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Tuscan Chianti in a traditional fiasco. Italian wine (Italian: vino italiano) is produced in every region of Italy.Italy is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the world, [1] [2] with an area of 702,000 hectares (1.73 million acres) under vineyard cultivation, [3] as well as the world's second largest wine producer and the largest exporter as of 2023.
It is an ancient grape variety which may have provided a basis for the classical Falernian wine, and has considerable character. [1] It is cultivated on the coast of Campania north of Naples, [1] and frequently consumed in southern Italy along with seafood. [2]
Lacryma Christi (Latin for ''Christ's tear'') or Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius is a Neapolitan type of wine produced on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy. White Lacryma Christi is made mainly from Verdeca and Coda di Volpe grapes, with smaller proportions of Falanghina, Caprettone [1] and Greco di Tufo included.
Naples is Italy's fourth largest city in terms of economic size, coming after Milan and Rome and Turin. It is the world's 105th richest city by purchasing power, with a GDP of $69 billion. [ 1 ] The economy of Naples and its surrounding area is based largely on tourism , commerce , industry and agriculture .
Pages in category "Wineries of Italy" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ansitz Baron von Widmann;
Faust Haus: St. Helena. After a three-year renovation, the Faust team opened the doors to its 1878 Victorian estate-turned-tasting room in fall 2020, and it's only 30 minutes away from Faust's ...
J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours pgs XXVIII-XXX Allen Lane 2012.
Ancient Greek Temple of Hera, Paestum, built in the Doric order around 460–450 BC. The region known today as Campania was inhabited from at least the beginning of the 1st millennium BC by several Oscan-speaking Italic tribes: the Osci, the Opici, the Aurunci, the Ausones, the Sidicini, the Hirpini, the Caudini, the Oenotrians, the Campanians (after whom the region is named) and the Lucanians ...