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📍 Campania

Appellation ✔ Checked: 10.2026 · sources: 6 Updated:

The volcanic region of Naples with ancient grapes.

Campania is a region in southern Italy around Naples. The volcanoes Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields lie here, and the soil is rich in volcanic ash. In antiquity the famous Falernian wine was shipped from here to Rome. Today Campania is known for old grape varieties that have grown on its slopes for hundreds of years.

The main red grapes are Aglianico, used for the powerful wine Taurasi, and Piedirosso. Whites include Fiano (Fiano di Avellino), Greco (Greco di Tufo), Falanghina and Coda di Volpe. These wines are fresh, with marked minerality and a floral scent, and the best age for many years. The region has several DOCG zones.

Campania includes Irpinia, the Phlegraean Fields, Sannio and Vesuvius, as well as the islands of Ischia and Capri, the Amalfi coast, Cilento and the Volturno valley. The zones differ greatly in altitude and climate: the coast is warm and humid, while in the mountains of Irpinia snow falls in winter.

For comparison with its neighbours: to the north lies Lazio, to the east Apulia and Basilicata, where Aglianico also grows in the Vulture, and to the south Calabria.

On the map: Campania

What it includes

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How it connects to Wine

📍 Campania ← grows in ← 🍇 Aglianico → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine

Part of
🗺️ Italian wine
Related to
Italy: 📜 Falerno del Massico, 📜 Casavecchia di Pontelatone, 📜 Cilento, 📜 Colli di Salerno, 📜 Epomeo, 📜 Galluccio, 📜 Terre del Volturno, 📜 Paestum, 📜 Penisola Sorrentina, 📜 Roccamonfina
and 5 more📜 Aversa, 📜 Capri, 📜 Castel San Lorenzo, 📜 Costa d'Amalfi, 📜 Ischia
Grapes
🍇 Aglianico, 🍇 Fiano, 🍇 Greco, 🍇 Coda di Volpe Bianca, 🍇 Falanghina, 🍇 Piedirosso, 🍇 Biancolella, 🍇 Barbera del Sannio, 🍇 Calabrese Montenuovo, 🍇 Coda di Pecora Bianca
and 16 more🍇 Olivella Nera, 🍇 Fenile, 🍇 Guarnaccia, 🍇 Aglianicone, 🍇 San Lunardo, 🍇 Pallagrello Nero, 🍇 Tintore, 🍇 Coda di Volpe, 🍇 Sciascinoso, 🍇 Casavecchia, 🍇 Nocchianello Bianco, 🍇 Reginella, 🍇 Ripolo, 🍇 Asprinio Bianco, 🍇 Coda di Pecora, 🍇 Rovello Bianco
Main grapes
🍇 Aglianico, 🍇 Falanghina, 🍇 Fiano
Wines
🍷 Red wine, 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Rosé, 🍷 Still wine

Frequently asked questions

What is Campania known for?

Old local grapes: the red Aglianico (Taurasi) and the whites Fiano, Greco and Falanghina.

Which zones belong to Campania?

Irpinia, the Phlegraean Fields, Sannio, Vesuvius, Cilento, the islands of Ischia and Capri and others.

What is Taurasi?

A powerful red wine made from Aglianico, produced in Irpinia.

What to read next

  • 📜 Falerno del Massico — The heir of ancient Rome's famous Falernian wine, from Mount Massico in northern Campania.
  • 🍇 Fiano — A white grape from Campania, Italy; the base of Fiano di Avellino wine.
  • 🍷 Still wine — Ordinary wine without carbon dioxide bubbles.
  • 📜 Ischia — Wines of the volcanic island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples.
  • 📜 Costa d'Amalfi — Wines from the terraces of the Amalfi Coast.

Similar

📍 Basilicata · 📜 Alto Livenza · 📜 Valdadige · 📜 Trevenezie · 📍 Molise · 📜 Delle Venezie

⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.

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