The Campania region and the Vine

The Campania region and the Vine

( Italian: Regione Campania) , more commonly known as Campania is a region of southern Italy . The word would be the Campania latincampus term ( the campaign) , from Oscan Kampanom term , designating the area around the city of Capua ( Capua ) , who was the main city of the southern part of the Italian peninsula.

to Campania extends west of the Apennines , from the Garigliano , north to the Gulf of Policastro , in the south. Its fertile lands surrounding the Gulf of Naples, the tobacco crops and cereals alternate with vineyards and olive trees as well as orange and lemon trees especially . Here are produced the best tomatoes. The region is dominated by the dangerous figure of Vesuvius, still famous volcano. Capital Pizza and Italian folklore in the world ( songs and performances like Tarantella ) , Naples is wearing a region that has increasingly tended to industrialize : food industry ( including the production of pasta) , steel mills, refineries, oil and gas , mechanical industries

Five cultural sites of Campania are listed as World Heritage by UNESCO : the historic center of Naples (1995 ), the Amalfi Coast (1997 ), the Palace of Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio (1997 ) archaeological sites dePompéi , Herculaneum and Oplontis (1997 ), the national Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano , with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia and lacertosa di Paluda (1998).

oors input soils of southern Italy , Abruzzo and Campania are lands election of Montepulciano and some varieties cultivated since ancient times.

CAMPANIA

In ancient times, the Romans admired the " Campania Felix " , they considered the best wine regions. They worshiped the vineyards along the coast of Naples, where the product was Falernian , the most sought after wines of the Empire. They also appreciated the vineyards of Vesuvius and the wooded hills of Avellino . However, there is still some time , it seemed that the wine producers of Campania, with a few exceptions , they had forgotten the past glory , as farmers forsook the land and winemakers ignored , for the most part, DOC appellations . Today, after a long slump , Campania experiencing a renaissance thanks to which the production quality has improved remarkably . Evidence of this new era is given by the rapid increase in the production of DOC wines , including the first DOCG south Taurasi . If the volume of DOC product has actually increased in recent years , modernization has not swept much respect for tradition. In Campania , the majority of producers task of using as much as possible the local varieties , including a prestigious range of varietals " archaeological " grape varieties that date back to antiquity.